Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #5 (HARTEL) (5-2) - Heavily backed in all four starts, $210,000 gelding by 'City Zip' has improved a ton since switching from dirt to turf. Stalker broke his maiden at this distance at Del Mar in his grass debut Aug. 8, then was beaten just under a length in a $100K stakes there going a mile Sept. 2. He gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #3 (Mae Never No) (2-1) - The field's only filly, she's won both starts against her own sex on the dirt. Irish bred lass ran well facing males at Belmont June 8 and is a win candidate as she makes her grass debut.
3rd pick: #4 (Midnight Mystery) (4-1) - Well bred colt tired to finish a distant third when debuting in a dirt sprint at Los Alamitos Sept. 7. Heavily bet that day, he pressed very fast fraction before weakening. In the Baffert barn (25% second time out) son of 'War Front' is bred for the surface change and maiden must be left in the mix.