Top pick: #4 (DOINGHARDTIMEAGAIN) - She's one of two entered by trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and the two fillies race uncoupled. Home-bred has finished 2nd, beaten a 1/2 length in both starts, the latest coming in a $250K Cal-bred stakes at Santa Anita. Working fast locally since and she's the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Embossing) - Debuting daughter of "Street Boss" is the second of the Hollendorfer duo and she's been working very fast for some time now. Barn wins at a 24% rate first out, Bejarano is signed on, and daughter of "Street Boss'" draws the rail. She completes a strong hand from the Hall of Fame conditioner.
3rd pick: #2 (Hot and Pleasing) - Price play ships back from Golden Gate Fields where she finished fourth in a $100K grass stakes after breaking slowly. She'll shorten up in distance and go turf to "poly."
4th pick: #10 (Graduator) - Filly showed nothing after breaking from a tough outside post in the same Oct. 13 stakes that saw "Doinghardtimeagain" narrowly beaten. She had missed by a nose in her previous effort and draws a nice post today on this cut back to 6.5 furlongs.