Top pick: #2 (RUSSIAN RIVER) - Mare comes into this off a sharp win here on the main-track facing cheaper just nine days ago. Win came fresh off an 80-day break and trainer Mike Mitchell brings her back quickly, raises her price, and switches her to the grass. She's run well on the turf in the past and is the top selection.
2nd pick: #5 (So Nice) - Lightly raced, speedy, and she's the only entrant who has won on this course in the past. Daughter of "Fusaichi Pegasus" went wire-to-wire here last June at this trip for her maiden win and has been sparingly campaigned since. Win candidate.