Don't underestimate the rising filly Coach

A 2-year-old filly named Coach, by Commissioner, won a Sept. 15 allowance race at Indiana Grand by nearly 10 lengths and is now 2 for 2. She earned a 72 Beyer, and since Brad Cox, winner of two Kentucky Oaks in the last three years, trains her, Coach bears watching.

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Maybe you think a filly starting at Indiana Grand is a mark against a young, potentially rising filly, but that would be totally incorrect. Shedaresthedevil, the Cox-trained 2020 Kentucky Oaks winner, won the Indiana Oaks this past July. Serengeti Empress, who won the 2019 Oaks for trainer Tom Amoss, won her career debut, in July 2018, at Indiana Grand. And Monomoy Girl, the Cox-trained winner of the 2018 Oaks, debuted with a win over the Indiana Grand turf course in September 2017.