Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #3 (URBAN FAIRYTALE) (2-1) - This $250,000 daughter of 'Distorted Humor' has been freshened up since breaking her maiden March 29 at Gulfstream. She has a stalking style, has been working steadily off-site, and she meets a rather modest-looking group in her stakes debut and first facing winners.
2nd pick: #2 (Defend the Rose) (5-1) - This state-bred was a gate-to-wire winner here sprinting in a $50K stakes on the dirt July 1. It was her second back off a pair of layoffs, a career on figures, and her early speed makes her dangerous in her two-turn and grass debut.
3rd pick: #1 (Ask Bailey) (3-1) - Filly has been on the sidelines since late Nov. when she raced poorly at Churchill Downs. She had gone 4-1-2-1 on the grass prior to that, was stakes-placed twice, and is a late threat if ready.
4th pick: #7 (Smart N Wicked) (6-1) - Another making her first start on both the grass and around two-turns, she has a speed/stalking style and has yet to finish worse than 4th in six career starts on the dirt.