Top pick: #9 (PINK FREUD LIVE) (3-1) - Much improved since returning from a 7-month layoff in late May. Filly has just missed in both return starts at this level and distance. In shape, working fast, and Castellano stays aboard. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Splendid Gold) (5-2) - Lightly raced and well bred, daughter of 'Mineshaft' has good early speed and is dropping into a claimer for the first time. She's finished 2nd in two of her three starts and just missed (a 'neck') when debuting here at this distance in early Sept. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #8 (Jamaalaree) (5-1) - Filly was only a length behind 'Pink Freud Live' last out. She had to rally while five-wide and has since come back with a bullet half-mile breeze July 3. Must be left in the three-horse win mix.
4th pick: #1 (Mary's in Utopia) (12-1) - Longshot has the rail and could grab a minor award at a big price. However, she is not a win candidate in this spot.