The connections of Cash Logistics hope they can turn the clock back two years Wednesday at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Cash Logistics roared through the late-summer and fall Indiana-restricted dirt-route stakes program in 2021, winning the $100,000 Empire Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths and the $150,000 Unreachable Star by almost six. Cash Logistics missed the 2022 Horseshoe Indianapolis meet, but in a comeback race Aug. 23 he looked like the same horse he was two summers ago. If he is, Cash Logistics will win his second Empire in the co-featured eighth race Wednesday. Cash Logistics is one of nine older registered Indiana-breds by registered Indiana sires set to race 1 1/16 miles on dirt, and he’s the fastest among them. The 6-year-old Unbridled Express gelding has a sparkling 10-7-2-0 record at Horseshoe Indianapolis and is the best horse, or at least the most accomplished, ever trained by Genevieve Londono. Londono has three stakes wins in her seven-year training career, all from Cash Logistics, who won a 3-year-old Indiana stakes to go with his double in 2021. Londono’s small stable has been going strong lately, with an 8-3-3-1 record since July 1. The third-place finish came when Cash Logistics raced in the $100,000 Bucchero at Horseshoe Indianapolis, where he was beaten less than a length returning from a four-month layoff and racing on turf. Cash Logistics handles grass racing just fine but appears to be a notch better on dirt. In fact, he was third in the 2021 Bucchero before sweeping to victory in the Empire. Mr. Chaos and Me and Chili finished second and third, respectively, in the 2022 Empire and look like Cash Logistics’s main competition. Mr. Chaos is a sprinter-miler type, fast for Indiana-sired competition, but he doesn’t quite see out 1 1/16 miles and was run down late in last year’s Empire. Me and Chili has a little more grind and stay to him but might not be quite as talented as Mr. Chaos. Both horses are 4-year-olds with more upside than Cash Logistics, but if Cash Logistics runs to form, they won’t beat him. :: Bet with the Best! Get Free DRF PPs and Cashback when you wager. Join DRF Bets. The $100,000 Hoosier Heartland, the Empire’s sister race, has a murkier feel, and this group of nine older fillies and mares is slower than the males in the Empire. Hungarian Princess finished second by a neck in the 2022 Hoosier Heartland, and while she so far has preferred sprints to routes, she’s had limited chances running long and is back on form following a slow start to her campaign. Tenth in the Shelby County this past June, her first start since September, Hungarian Princess ran much better in her next two races and could be set to peak Wednesday. On pedigree, she ought to be able to perform at this distance. Her sire, Pataky Kid, has a higher win percentage with dirt routers than dirt sprinters, and Hungarian Princess’s 3-year-old half-brother, Free and Humble, just won a Del Mar turf-route allowance last month. Diamond Solitaire is no turf horse and can be forgiven for her last-start grass flop, but she’s a one-paced type who already has hit her ceiling. Improving, lightly raced 3-year-old Evil Intentions could contend in her stakes debut. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.