Saturday's 6th race from Prairie Meadows is the G3 Iowa Oaks for 3-year-old fillies traveling a mile and a sixteenth on the main track.
I am giving #4 Seeking The Title (5-1) one more chance and will be looking for much better karma with the rider switch to Calvin Borel. The well-bred Dallas Stewart trainee showed promise at Fair Grounds this winter but had everything go wrong in the G2 Black-Eyed Susan (tossed Kent D) and G1 Acorn (shuffled, wide). Did I say how happy I was with the rider change?
#6 Harissa (4-1) won the G3 Sunland Oaks in her first dirt try and failed to settle in the Black-Eyed Susan last time. She reunites with Martin Garcia and projects a tactical journey at a hint of a price.
#2 Quiet Temper (3-1) beat my top in the G2 Fair Grounds Oaks but has had no luck in two Grade 1's since. She reunites with Albarado and projects a ground saving prominent throughout trip.
THE PLAYS: $16 to win #4, $4 Exacta 4/2-6 ($8), $8 Quinella 4/2-6 ($16)
Analysis by Jarrod Horak