Top pick: #6 (GLADIATRIX) - Home-bred by "Invisible Ink" set a fast pace in her debut before tiring facing special weights at Hollywood on Oct. 15. Training very fast for her second start trainer Bob Baffert drops her into a claimer and Raf Bejarano is signed on. The horse to beat, she's one of a pair from the barn and they'll race uncoupled.
2nd pick: #3 (River's Mambo) - She has some ability and has had excuses in her last pair. Two back she faced colts on the turf and last out was wide in a special weight contest. Filly wasn't beaten much in either and she's working fast and drops into a claimer for the first time. Dangerous rival.
3rd pick: #4 (Ready Interest) - Runs third off a break, shortens-up in distance, goes turf to dirt, and filly from the patient Drysdale barn looks set for a big effort.