Top pick: #4 (QIAONA) (7-2) - Stakes winner stretches-out in distance and moves from "poly" to turf for this appearance. One-run type has gone 2-1-1-0 on the lawn and strong finisher should get a fast and/or contested pace to aid her style.
2nd pick: #7 (Broken Sword) (7-2) - Lightly-raced filly has been competitive in all four starts and has been freshened up since June 13th. Working fast locally, trainer John Sadler adds blinkers (a 21% winning move).
3rd pick: #12 (Bares Tripper) (6-1) - Speedy filly stretches back out after a troubled trip here in a grass sprint on July 18th. In her only previous two-turn attempt she finished a pace-pressing fourth in a $100K stakes at Santa Anita last Oct.
4th pick: #6 (Burns Turn) (3-1) - Lightly-raced filly moves up in class after finishing second here at this distance facing weaker on Aug. 4. Much improved of late and Bejarano (who had other options) stays with her.
5th pick: #5 (Smooth Talker) (5-1) - Improving filly broke her maiden on the Hollywood lawn on July 4th, then finished a troubled third here 24 days later in her first facing winners. Working fine and daughter of "Flatter" must be left in the mix.