Top pick: #7 (EXCLUSIVE HOPPER) - Very hard-hitting mare has finished in the money in her last three starts here and is makin her third start back off a recent freshening. Trainer Pete Walder names his main-rider John Velazquez today and that pair is winning at a 40% rate when teamed-up. The choice.
2nd pick: #4 (Irish Cove) - Returns off a freshening for trainer Eddie Plesa and filly has finished "in the money" in 4 of 6 starts on this grass course. Contender for the win.
3rd pick: #2 (Girl Sleuth) - Drops after returning from a layoff earlier this year and has been facing much tougher than she lines up against today. She's had some bad racing luck in those runs and may do much better this afternoon.