Seven were entered, no more than six are likely to start, and the $100,000 Boiling Springs Stakes on Sunday at Monmouth Park looks, in the end, like a two-horse race. Radio Days figures to be favored and Green Up second choice in the Boiling Springs, a mile and 70-yard dirt race for 3-year-old fillies. It’s hard to see, barring misfortune, anyone else winning this Monmouth Oaks prep. Morning Matcha, a Boiling Springs entrant, was expected to race Saturday in the Delaware Oaks, trainer Butch Reid said Friday. Radio Days has yet to win a stakes race in her six starts but that’s due to circumstances more than inadequacy. No doubt, Radio Days went south to Gulfstream Park last winter after two New York wins to start her career an overrated filly, and at odds-on she was no match for wire-to-wire winner Girl With a Dream in the Forward Gal Stakes. Back in New York, Radio Days turned in a flat run finishing a distant fourth in the Busanda at Aqueduct, then hooked subsequent Grade 1 winner Matareya, finishing second in the Beaumont at Keeneland. She reached a personal best when third trying two turns for the first time May 20 at Pimlico in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. :: Get up to 50% off on DRF's premium products, including Past Performances, Clocker Reports, Betting Strategies, Picks, the Digital Paper, and DRF Plus Pro! Radio Days has more positional pace than she showed at Pimlico, where she was 10th of 13, nearly 10 lengths behind the leader, after being taken back before the first turn to avoid compromising ground loss breaking from post 11. Traveling along the fence almost the entire trip, Radio Days was stuck in a jackpot from about the three-furlong marker into the homestretch, eventually launching a rail bid that carried her to an encouraging third-place finish behind Interstatedaydream and Adare Manor, both likely better than anything she meets Sunday at Monmouth. A Gun Runner filly owned by Joe Allen, Radio Days gets Lasix for the first time in the Boiling Springs. Trainer Shug McGaughey’s four first-Lasix stakes starters over the last five years, for what it’s worth, have gone 0-0-2, all at odds of 5-2 or lower. Joe Bravo is named to ride. Green Up starts for the first time since April 21 and makes her two-turn debut. A private Team Valor purchase following a second-place finish in her debut last fall, Green Up went two for two at Gulfstream after being moved into the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher. Her six-furlong maiden win earned a higher Beyer Speed Figure, 84, than did her first-level allowance victory in a one-turn mile, which produced a 77. But visually the performances were comparable, and both times Green Up won with plenty in the tank. Her pedigree, by Upstart out of Green Punch, by Two Punch, leans toward one turn over two, but the filly has ample scope and a long stride, and at least looks the part of a route horse. Her work pattern at Saratoga shows a gap between May 21 and June 11, though Green Up’s three drills since that break mitigate concern. The filly should go to the lead under Paco Lopez. Love to Run, Alittleloveandluck, Gina Romantica, and Captainsdaughter all are fine – they’re just not likely to beat the Boiling Springs favorites.