Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #8 (DONWORTH) (5-1) - Once very promising sort was a victim of being placed 'over his head' many times earlier in his career. Down in class in class Nov. 3 at Del Mar he was claimed for $40,000 that day by Peter Miller. Gelding raced both wide and evenly at this level and distance Dec. 7 at Los Alamitos and Miller specializes in getting many older runners back in form.
2nd pick: #6 (Kristi's Copilot) (6-1) - Consistent 5-year-old moves from grass to dirt for this attempt. Speed/stalker has gone 16-4-2-5 on the dirt and is 9-3-1-2 locally. In form, working above average, and a win candidate.
3rd pick: #5 (Beaumarchais) (4-1) - He's won four in a row and speedy sort has gone wire-to-wire in each. Latest saw him score by 3.5 lengths facing $25K starter-allowance foes at this trip Dec. 9 at Los Al. Four-year-old faces his toughest field to date, but must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #1 (California Street) (5-1) - Very lightly-raced 3-year-old moves way up in class for his first facing winners. Colt was an easy maiden winner at this distance Nov. 24 at Del Mar and has been working impressively since. Son of 'Street Boss' has both unlimited potential and room for upside at this point.