Top pick: #4 (PHANTOM LOVER) - Grey colt by "Mizzen Mast" rallied to finish second in a sprint at this level at Del Mar on Aug. 27. Race was his second back off a 10 month layoff and trainer Ron Ellis has worked him five times since. Stretches-out in distance and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Matlow) - Blinkers go on this 4-year-old son of "Friend's Lake" today as he races for the first time since finishing third sprinting at Hollywood on June 30. Working fast locally and a win candidate.
3rd pick: #2 (Whipstock) - $200,000 son of "Mineshaft" is another working nicely and he's doing it on this surface. When last in action he was finishing second at Del Mar on the grass August 14. Looks set for a big effort.