Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #3 (BLACKJACKCAT) (8-5) - Multiple stakes winner races for the first time since Nov 4. He rallied strongly to miss by just over a length that day in the $2,000,000 Breeders' Cup Turf Mile (G1). He had won four in a row prior to that and is 4 for 6 at this 9 furlong distance. 5yo can take this if ready.
2nd pick: #6 (Om) (5-1) - Veteran has slipped noticeably over the past year but has finished close up in a number of grass stakes racing at a variety of distances. He has a fine local record 10-3-3-2 and is 9-2-3-2 at this trip. 6yo is working fast and a jockey switch to Flavien Prat is noted.
3rd pick: #2 (Bowies Hero) (5-2) - When last in action he rallied to win a G2 stakes here going a mile Dec 26. Newly turned 4yo is facing older runners for the first time and he has an outstanding record ( 5 for 7) at this 9 furlong distance.
4th pick: #1 (Next Shares) (6-1) - No-speed type rallied from far back to finish 2nd here in a 6.5 furlong grass stakes Jan 1. It was his first on the West Coast and he was 2.5 lengths in front of 'Om' at the wire. Working fast since, he needs a fast/and or contested pace for anything more than a minor award.