Dazzling Blue should get the right trip Monday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 3, $250,000 Winning Colors Stakes. She probably won’t be the right price. Drawn widest of 11 in this six-furlong dirt sprint for older fillies and mares, Dazzling Blue was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite. The 4-year-old filly rates a solid chance, but her favoritism would be linked as much as anything to the man training her. Brad Cox has run horses in 11 stakes races during this Churchill meeting and sent out the favorite in six. His horses often take more action than they merit – which stems, of course, from the fact Cox is a steadily prolific winner. Just two of his stakes favorites won this meet – Idiomatic in the La Troienne, First Mission the Alysheba – though Dazzling Blue was beaten a neck as the 5-2 chalk April 27 in the $200,000 Roxelana. The horse who ran her down there, Zeitlos, returned to win an off-turf Churchill allowance race Friday with a 94 Beyer Speed Figure. Dazzling Blue has more horses to worry about this start than last. “I think it’s a little deeper race than she was in last time,” Cox said. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  Dazzling Blue could and should, however, perform better than late last month. The 4-year-old won the first three races of her career before encountering the fabulously fast Maple Leaf Mel and settling for second in the Victory Ride last July at Belmont Park. Dazzling Blue went over the top and failed to muster a competitive performance in two subsequent outings, then went on the shelf between Oct. 21 and the Roxelana. “I don’t think she was 100 percent ready for that,” said Cox. “I thought she got something out of it and should be set up for a good effort.” Dazzling Blue’s preferred rate-and-rally tactics slot nicely into a race where four horses have a TimeformUS early pace rating of 113 or higher: Even with the speedy Spirit Wind defecting in favor of a race at Lone Star Park, it’s easy to see the Winning Colors unfolding at an intemperate tempo. Clearly Unhinged will be dangerous at a better price than Dazzling Blue. She’s trained by Steve Asmussen, who put Zeitlos into the Friday allowance knowing he had this filly for the Winning Colors. Beaten a head in the Grade 1 Test last summer, Clearly Unhinged has started once for Asmussen, outclassing inferior competition in an off-turf allowance race April 30, doing so in a manner suggesting she’s ready for this class hike. Leeloo, 15-1 on the line, at least can boost exotic payoffs. Leeloo ran below her best when last seen March 30 at Oaklawn Park, but she has the right style to capitalize on a fast, contested pace, and her peak performance is strong enough to land a blow. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.