Top pick: #1 (HIGHLAND SARA) - She was a winner over this surface on Dec. 10 to get her maiden win and trainer Wayne Catalano has given her almost five weeks of rest. Daughter of "D'wildcat" has a trio of maintenance works and is nicely spotted in this allowance-optional $40K claimer. Has the rail and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Sassy Q) - Filly by "Exclusive Quality" broke her maiden on October 13th at Calder, racing for $40K and raced evenly 70 days later when trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. ran her a turf sprint here facing entry-level allowance foes Dec. 23 in her first facing winners. Drops down a bit today and goes turf to dirt. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #7 (Adela's Song) - Broke her maiden at Calder in late July, then was oner-matched in a trio of stakes races. Barn dropped her down in late November and she was placed second racing for $25K. Stalker can rally for a share of this.