Top pick: #4 (CACTUS FLYER) - Consistent mare (10-2-4-2) has been freshened-up since finishing second at Del Mar in an allowance-optional $25K claimer on Sept.4. She's won here on this course at this trip in the past and has the best early speed of this field. In the Sadler barn and the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #5 (Rainbow Luck) - Races third off a four month break and trainer Mike Mitchell will cut her back in distance after a pair of even efforts going two-turns. She was competitive here last winter facing better and is a win candidate today.
3rd pick: #6 (Attar of Rose) - Another who's cutting back in distance and the Carava barn has freshened her up since Sept. 5 at Del Mar. She's been racing evenly for some time now and needs to pick it up this afternoon.