Top pick: #5 (GLOBAL HOTTIE) (8-5) - Lightly raced filly is moving down in class after tiring here in a $95K sprint stakes Dec. 28th. It was her first start in almost two months. She had gone 4-3-1-0 prior to that and has a tactical advantage against this small field. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #6 (Kool Kat) (8-1) - One run type is shortening up in distance and switching from turf to dirt. She's winless on it, but was competitive several times early in 2014.
3rd pick: #3 (Wasted at Midnight) (3-1) - Speed/stalker has a good record on the local dirt (6-1-2-1). Freshened up since Oct. 13th, she's training steadily and above average for her return. Mare has more speed than most, and that's a plus in this tiny group.
4th pick: #1 (Wild in the Saddle) (9-2) - Veteran has more wins (six) than any other entered. Veteran has a good local record (11-2-1-3), and last out finished a close up third at Los Alamitos in a sprint stakes in early Sept.