Time to analyze the 2021 Kentucky Oaks field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
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#1 – Pauline's Pearl
Bloodline of a star
But has she been a big fish
Among the minnows?
#2 – Maracuja
Big Gazelle form jump
Still puts her a rung beneath
The field's upper tier
#3 – Clairiere
Travel Column holds
A two-to-one advantage
Going head-to-head
#4 – Crazy Beautiful
Her only real dud
Came in last year's Breeders' Cup
Bad day? Class ceiling?
#5 – Pass the Champagne
Her talent's bubbling
Might be time to pop the cork
Make room on tickets
#6 – Travel Column
Starred in her last prep
And can win from anywhere
Sitting in first class
#8 – Moraz
Bred for the classics
Missing a killer instinct
Can't win without it
#9 – Coach
Like Belichick's Pats
She hasn't been a true threat
Since late October
#10 – Malathaat
Answered a big doubt
When she won outside New York
Ought to have a say
#11 – Will's Secret
Odds would cut in half
If the race were at Oaklawn
Alas, it is not
#12 – Search Results
No need to Ask Jeeves
She'll be in the lead Dogpile
Her chances Excite
#13 – Competitive Speed
Bears a fitting name
If she's in a one-turn race
Not a likely threat
#14 – Millefeuille
Her form lags behind
But her mornings are bullets
Mott might have her right
Prediction
Evenly-matched bout
Travel Column guts it out
Five, ten fill the tri
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