Top pick: #2 (EDEN'S MOON) - $390,000 daughter of "Malibu Moon" takes a big step up after an impressive maiden score her on Jan. 8. Making only her second start, she broke running, set a solid pace, and increased her margin at every call to win off by 11 1/2 lengths in 1:36.60 for the mile trip. Trainer Bob Baffert has worked her twice since, and with the inside horse scratched. she has the rail. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (Charm the Maker) - Highly thought of by the barn, she's working well locally for this and in her only previous race on this surface, daughter of "Empire Maker" finished a close-up third in the Oak Leaf S.(G1). Win candidate.
3rd pick: #6 (Killer Graces) - Another who's also very consistent (8-3-3-0) and she defeated "Charm" by a 1/2 length in the (G1) Hollywood Starlet on Dec. 10. Working fast, and in her only previous start on real dirt, filly finished second in a small stakes at Fresno Last Oct.