Indiana Oaks

Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil), heroine of Oaklawn's GIII Honeybee S. Mar. 7, is the clear-cut horse to beat in Wednesday evening's GIII Indiana Oaks. The bay followed a well-beaten third behind division heavyweights Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) and Venetian Harbor (Munnings) in the GIII Fantasy S. May 1 with a powerful optional claiming tally at Churchill Downs last time June 5. "She ran a huge one," trainer Brad Cox said. "We were looking just to get a race in her between the Fantasy and wherever we ended up, which ended up being the...

Indiana Grand Racing & Casino has released its revised condition book and stakes schedule for the 2020 season. Both are contingent upon the approval of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on the recently proposed racing dates of a 94-day season beginning Monday, June 15 and finishing Wednesday, Nov. 18. The Thoroughbred stakes calendar is highlighted by the GIII Indiana Derby and GIII Indiana Oaks that will move to July 8 as a part of a six-stakes program. The Indiana Derby purse has been changed to $300,000, and the distance changed...

Indiana Grand Racing and Casino will offer 37 stakes worth a record $4.65 million in 2020. The stakes schedule is headlined by the $500,000 GIII Indiana Derby which will be run July 11. The Derby card will include six stakes worth over $1.1 million.  The card will also feature the $200,000 GIII Indiana Oaks. The Warrior Veterans S. will be run as the Jonathan B. Schuster Memorial for the first time in 2020. The $100,000 race was renamed in honor of the former vice president and general manager at Indiana...