Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #2 (BUN BUN) (3-1) - Grey filly is working fast at Gulfstream Park West for her first start since Oct. 9. She's improved since blinkers were added, and trainer George Navaro wins at a 27% clip off of this type of freshening.
2nd pick: #1 (Joel's Senorita) (5-2) - Very fast from the gate, she runs in this career soft spot off a 2.5-month layoff. Trainer Reid Nagle claimed her for $20K Oct. 19 and races her for $6,250. A 'red flag' is up, but he wins at a 23% rate first off the claim, and she enters off a bullet three-furlong drill off-sit Dec. 23.
3rd pick: #5 (Flutie) (6-1) - Longshot is lightly raced and is on conventional dirt for the first time. A bit light on figures, she enters off a bullet half-mile work here Dec. 23, and is dropping to a new low in price.
4th pick: #6 (Miss Stalwart) (5-2) - On the sidelines for three months, this $270K daughter of 'Flatter' drops to a new low. She has early speed, is from a good barn (Dale Romans), and leading rider Luis Saez is aboard. An obvious threat, but at small odds.