Always Angels could come flying through the stretch Monday at Will Rogers Downs if she and jockey David Cabrera can work out the right kind of trip from the rail in the $50,000 Wilma Mankiller Stakes. There appears to be plenty of speed to set up for a closer in the 11-horse field, but negotiating the inside draw in the six-furlong race for fillies and mares, as well as traffic, are challenges facing the talented Always Angels. “David Cabrera has ridden for me many, many times and we’ve had a lot of success together,” said John Ortiz, who trains Always Angels. “He knows how I like my horses to be ridden. “We’ve got to play it from the break, especially from the rail. I don’t want to use her up too early. She doesn’t necessarily have too much early speed. But I think David would know how to set her up for a nice closing finish.” Palacein, Take Me Serious, Ann Alee, Sinnin N Grinnin, Thetruthisthetruth, and Diva Treva all bring speed into the Wilma Mankiller. Take Me Serious led throughout to capture the Miranda Diane Stakes last out at Will Rogers. :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  Palacein set the pace last time in a deep allowance at Oaklawn Park. She finished second after being overtaken in the later stages by the fast-closing Taxed, a Grade 2 winner who was to have run back Saturday at Oaklawn in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap. Always Angels exits the same allowance as Palacein. She finished fourth. Backyard Money, a stakes-placed filly who was third in the race, came back in her next start to take a $62,500 starter allowance at Oaklawn. Always Angels has been pointed to the Wilma Mankiller. She will be looking for her second win of the year, following a first-level allowance in her 4-year-old debut Feb. 17 at Oaklawn. “She came back really impressive, a little older, a little wiser,” Ortiz said. “She’s just been a little more competitive this year. We wanted to test her out at the stakes level. We want to get her a little black type.” Always Angels is a daughter of Always Dreaming from the female family of Inside Information. She is owned by Rags Racing Stable. Ortiz is shipping in from Oaklawn, where he has a division of horses. He also has a base at Keeneland. Palacein was an allowance winner at Sam Houston in February. She will break from post 3. Floyd Wethey Jr. has the mount for Cimarron TTT Farms and trainer Scott Young. Take Me Serious will break from post 4 under Gerardo Mora. The Miranda Diane win on March 25 came in her first start since December 2022. Take Me Serious had won back-to-back allowance races prior to the layoff, so she will be going for her fourth straight victory Monday. Take Me Serious is a 5-year-old mare by Munnings. She races for her breeder, Bryan Hawk, and is trained by Joe Offolter. Thetruthisthetruth was one of the winningest horses in North America last year with nine victories. She is coming off a fourth-place finish in the Shantel Lanerie Stakes at Fair Grounds. The winner of the race, millionaire Free Like a Girl, was to have run in the Apple Blossom on Saturday. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.