Top pick: #5 (WINNING RIDE) - Returns from Delta Downs where she finished 1 pace-chasing 2nd in a $125K stakes. Lightly raced this season, Baffert trained 4yo races 3rd off a 3 1/2 month break and speed/stalker can win this at a square price.
2nd pick: #8 (Lady Railrider) - Probable favorite is lightly raced this year, working fast, has a flexible style, and multiple stakes winner draws a trouble free post. Win candidate, I almost put her on top.
3rd pick: #7 (Washington Bridge) - Hard-hitting mare comes off a win in a Cal-bred stakes here Nov. 12th and that was her first ever on this surface. Improving, in the Hollendorfer barn, and Bejarano stays put.