Top pick: #3 (ZAZU) - Grey daughter of "Tapit" raced evenly and wide last out in the G1 "Hollywood Starlet" and finished fifth of eight, beaten by 5 lengths. Race was her first around two-turns and she's come back with a good local drill as she races on conventional dirt for the first time. She can win this from just off the lead.
2nd pick: #4 (May Day Rose) - One of a pair of fillies from the barn of Bob Baffert and they'll race uncoupled. She has excellent early speed and finished in front of "Zazu" last out after being involved in a "spirited" pace duel. Daughter of "Rockport Harbor" has a good drill on this surface Dec. 28 and is a win candidate.