Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #2 (GOLDEN MELODIE) (4-1) - Filly has been showing good early speed in all her starts and is dropping down for this assignment. $100K purchase gets the addition of blinkers from Craig Lewis, 3 for his last 10 with that move.
2nd pick: #5 (Golden Chrome) (7-2) - She showed good early speed before tiring badly when debuting in a Santa Anita grass sprint facing tougher Oct. 19. Trainer Doug O'Neill 12% second time out, drops her into a claimer (18%), and is adding blinkers (24%).
3rd pick: #6 (It's a Riddle) (5-2) - State bred has some speed and finished second when debuting here Aug. 28 facing fellow Cal breds for a $50K tag. Raised up in class Sept. 28, she tired at Santa Anita after dueling from between horses. Home bred must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #4 (Ladies Luv Munny) (6-1) - From the same barn (Doug O'Neill) as 'Golden Chrome', she debuts off a steady work pattern at the San Luis Rey Center. Purchased for $28K this past April, she need not be anything special to factor first out against this group.