Top pick: #5 (DISCO BARBIE) (4-1) - Filly is undefeated locally (three for three) and looked super when winning an allowance race at this distance Aug. 18. Daughter of "Pure Prize" has a flexible style and gets the call in a talented & "deep" field.
2nd pick: #10 (Ageless) (5-2) - The probable favorite, she makes her synthetic debut after going 14-8-2-2 racing on both dirt & turf. One run type is six for nine over the past 14 months and has won three straight stakes sprinting on the grass.
3rd pick: #7 (Living the Life) (3-1) - Irish import won her North American debut on Aug. 7 at Del Mar, and that ran her record on synthetic surfaces to 14-5-4-2. Stalker overcame a "slow" start that afternoon, and it's noted that stakes specialist Mike Smith is in to ride her.
4th pick: #11 (Master the Blues) (8-1) - Mare ships back from Del Mar where she won a five-furlong stakes racing on a similar surface. 5yo is six for nine this year with two of those victories coming locally. Price play.
5th pick: #8 (Madame Cactus) (7-2) - She has talent, and last out rallied to finish second to multiple stakes winner "Judy the Beauty" on Aug. 17 at Del Mar. Her come from behind style means that she needs a trouble free trip in this large field.