Top pick: #5 (AWESOME FEATHER) - As mentioned above, she comes into this a perfect 9-for-9, but more importantly, she has won on this often "tricky" surface before. Unraced since winning the $300,000 Sunshine Million Distaff and is the choice to stay unbeaten.
2nd pick: #3 (All Due Respect) - She's one of four entered by trainer Rick Dutrow and comes off of a strong pace-setting third-place finish at Saratoga in the (G1) Ballerina stakes. Speedy filly loves this distance (5-2-1-2) and is the main danger.
3rd pick: #4 (Kid Kate) - Another who likes this trip (3-2-1-0), she just failed to get up last out with a strong stretch rally when finishing second in a $100K stakes at saratoga for fellow state-breds Aug. 31. Mare would benefit greatly from a fast/and or contested pace.