Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #12 (KENZOU'S RHYTHM) (7-2) - Speed/stalker is cutting back in distance after a pace-pressing fourth place finish at this tag going a mile Dec 2 at Del Mar. Improving and he's been working fast for this assignment.
2nd pick: #6 (Shades Play) (6-1) - Speedy sort stretches ot a furlong following a third place finish at this level going 5-furlongs at Del Mar Nov 27. It was his first after relocating from the east coast and first on conventional dirt.
3rd pick: #10 (Burn Me Twice) (9-2) - Blinkers go on gelding who tired after setting a pressured pace in his debut Dec 3 at Del Mar. He's worked three times since for veteran Bill Spawr and should be involved from gate-to-wire.
4th pick: #4 (Thirty Pepperonis) (8-1) - Longshot drops in class and cuts back in distance. He had to avoid a spill last out at Del mar and finished far back. He had been improving prior to that and must be left in the mix.
5th pick: #2 (Big Shorty) (4-1) - Another that's shortening up, he enters off of three straight starts going a mile. Gelding has early speed and has been bet heavily several times. Can't be eliminated.