Top pick: #9 (MEINERTZHAGENI) (9-2) - Clearly a synthetic surface specialist 7-3-2-0, filly enters off a close up fourth place finish here at this distance in a $100K stakes on Nov. 9. Stalker likes it here 4-2-1-0 and draws a nice post with all of the speed to her left in the gate.
2nd pick: #8 (Kathleen Rose) (7-2) - Home bred has had a solid career 13-5-4-2 and has run well in three straight turf stakes going a mile. Speed/stalker is in shape and ran well without wining here in the past on the "all weather" surface.
3rd pick: #4 (Uzziel) (6-1) - Very fast from the gate, she's been freshened up since tiring badly in a G3 stakes on the Santa Anita dirt Oct. 4. She had won two of her three previous starts (all stakes) and is a threat on the front end.
4th pick: #10 (On the Backstreets) (10-1) - She's not ben the same since returning from almost a 5-month layoff in late Sept. Stakes winner is working fast locally and is a factor if she can repeat her form of late spring.
5th pick: #7 (Judy In Disguise) (5-1) - Strong finisher has been on the sidelines almost a year and this former stakes winner is working fast for her return. Capable of impacting if ready.