Top pick: #8 (EUROEARS) - One of thrre entered in this sprint stakes by trainer Bob Baffert and the trio will race uncoupled. This ten-time winner was rushed up last out after being "bumped" at the start of the Breeders' Cup Sprint(G1) and quickly retreated at the 3/8ths pole. Often injured 7-year-old is brought back quickly by the barn and he's worked fast twice since returning from Churchill Downs. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (Carbonite) - He's (5-2-0-1) since being claimed by Mike Mitchell last May and finished a close-up fourth to Euroears in the (G1) Bing Crosby at Del Mar in late July. He's two for three locally and is working very fast for this.
3rd pick: #3 (Quiet Invader) - The second member of the Baffert three-some ran a career best when going wire to wire facing weaker at Santa Anita Oct. 30. Race was his first in 17 1/2 months and colt is working bullets since. Very fast out of the gate, and a big threat on the front-end.