Top pick: #3 (SANDY'S SONG) (3-1) - Speedy filly set a quick pace and tired to finish second at Del Mar racing at this level and distance Aug. 24. Trainer Cody Autry adds blinkers and switches her from "poly" to dirt this afternoon.
2nd pick: #1 (Mothernaturespell) (15-1) - One of two entered by trainer Doug O'Neill, and this filly just missed when debuting at Del Mar facing weaker Aug. 27. She's worked fine since, has the rail, and should be involved from start-to-finish.
3rd pick: #11 (Backstreet Lisa) (15-1) - She's shown some speed in both starts on the Del Mar "poly" and has been working fast on the San Luis Rey Downs dirt for this attempt. Don't just dismiss.
4th pick: #4 (Courtin Mischief) (20-1) - The second of the O'Neill pair, she showed nothing in her debut at Del Mar Aug. 27. She's since come back with a bullet five-furlong gate breeze on Sept. 9, presumably with the blinkers that she has on this afternoon. Longshot possibilities.
5th pick: #10 (Indian Princess) (8-1) - One of two debuting fillies from trainer Mike Puype, and she's been working fast locally since early July. Mercedes home bred looks set for a competitive effort first out.