HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Indy Bay banked more than $682,000 from just seven starts in 2025, which clearly makes her the class of the field in Saturday’s $75,000 Mo Green overnight handicap at Gulfstream Park. But not a nickel of that money was earned in races decided beyond seven furlongs, which also makes her a giant question mark at a relatively short price when facing eight rivals, including stablemate Public Defender, in the one-mile feature. Indy Bay won the six-furlong Jersey Girl at Saratoga and seven-furlong, Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks at 3. Her form has tailed off dramatically since her 1 3/4-length decision over Vodka With a Twist last summer at Charles Town. Indy Bay was eased to the wire in the Grade 1 Cotillion to close her 2025 season before finishing far back in both the Grade 2 Inside Information and Grade 3 Hurricane Bertie to open her current campaign. “She’s been very disappointing in her last two races, although she’s been training exceptional, probably even better than she ever did last year,” trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said. “She had an excuse in the Inside Information being down on the rail against the track bias. Last time she made a move like she would probably run second but just flattened out. It’s definitely been puzzling.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Joseph acknowledged the distance also could be an issue for Indy Bay in the Mo Green, but he is hopeful facing non-graded competition for the first time since last June could be to her advantage. “She’s never gone a mile, but hopefully the drop in class wakes her up,” Joseph added. Indy Bay will carry 122 pounds, one fewer than the top-weighted Runaway Diva. Joseph’s second entrant in the Mo Green, Public Defender, also has questions of her own to answer. Her issue is the ability to handle dirt after having made 12 of her first 13 lifetime starts on either turf or synthetic tracks. Public Defender finished fifth, beaten nearly nine lengths, in her only main-track outing, her career debut at Laurel during fall 2023. Public Defender was purchased by her current owner, Miller Racing, and turned over to Joseph near the tail end of 2025. She won four races in a row for her previous connections last summer and fall, a streak that began locally with an entry-level allowance win on the Tapeta track. She was never a serious factor in either the Endeavour or Honey Fox stakes, both Grade 3 races, this winter. “Her one race on dirt was slow from a Beyer standpoint but not that bad watching it, and you really can’t make any judgment off just one start,” Joseph said. “She’s been working well on the dirt, so it’s worth giving her another shot and see how she goes.” The well-traveled Runaway Diva will go postward the top weight under 123 pounds, despite the fact she has only won once in her last 11 starts dating back to fall 2024. That lone victory came last summer in a second-level allowance race going a mile at Colonial Downs for which she received an 80 Beyer Speed Figure. Trained by Michelle Hemingway, Runaway Diva finished a well-beaten sixth in an entry-level allowance when making her only previous local appearance just over two years ago. Riding Pretty is the only member of the lineup coming into the race off a winning effort, having rallied from last to upset a nonwinners-of-two-other-than allowance event switched from the turf to the Tapeta track and contested at a mile and 70 yards. Riding Pretty was a two-time stakes winner in 2025, both those victories coming in races restricted to New Jersey-breds at Monmouth Park, one over the main track, the other on grass. Fantastic Flame, who figures to assure a lively pace along with Indy Bay, Tampa Bay Downs invader Flowers for Me, Calling the Shots, and Puckered complete the field. ◗ Saturday’s 11-race card also features an intriguing maiden special weight test that lured a dozen 3-year-olds going a mile over the main track. The field is topped by Ace From Space, a half-brother to 2018 Kentucky Derby runner-up Good Magic, and Argent Heir. Both horses made their only previous starts at Tampa Bay Downs, Ace From Space finishing third behind subsequent stakes winner Maykomotion, and Argent Heir proving second best to Wood Memorial winner and Kentucky Derby-bound Albus in his promising debut. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.