Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #6 (SWEET MELANIA) (9-2) - This filly by 'American Pharoah' broke her maiden at this distance in her grass debut July 14 at Saratoga. Sent into the $150,000 Phil Johnson Stakes there at the same trip Aug. 29, she rallied to miss by a 'neck'. A $600,000 yearling purchase in Sept. of 2018, she gets a timid vote in a wide open G2 contest.
2nd pick: #5 (Jezebel's Kitten) (7-2) - She's won both starts and enters off a decisive win by almost 5 lengths in the $494,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes going a mile Aug. 31 at Kentucky Downs. She has a flexible style and is an obvious contender.
3rd pick: #4 (Indochine) (5-1) - One of many shipping from New York, she broke her maiden going a mile Sept. 14 at Belmont Park in her second start. A $470,000 daughter of 'War Front', she's from the barn of Chad Brown who is seeking to win this stakes for the fourth time. In the mix.
4th pick: #11 (Sanage) (6-1) - Filly enters off a sharp maiden win going a mile Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs. Improving with very start, she completed the distance in 1:37 flat while earning a figure that puts her squarely in this.
5th pick: #1 (Morning Gold) (12-1) - A very sharp maiden winner at this trip on the Saratoga lawn Aug. 11, she then was well beaten on the Churchill dirt in the Pochahontas Stakes (G2) Sept. 14. Back on the grass, she draws the rail and is capable of factoring at a big price.