Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #6 (ESCAPE CLAUSE) (3-1) - This hard-hitting mare has won an amazing 17-of-24 starts on the dirt and has won multiple stakes on the western Canada circuit. Rare Manitoba bred has been competitive in three straight turf stakes since coming to So. California and switches back to the dirt. There is rain in the forecast and she was an easy 11 length winner the only time she raced on an 'off' track.
2nd pick: #7 (K P Wildcat) (9-2) - Another multiple stakes winner, this mare makes her So. California debut after winning 9-of-13 over the past two years in New Mexico. The 6yo has banked just over $500,000, and she was a decisive winner the only time she raced on a wet track.
3rd pick: #4 (True Royalty) (5-2) - On the sidelines since Oct. 20, she was never involved that afternoon in a G2 sprint at Keeneland. She won a G3 stakes going a mile at Del Mar Aug. 26 and a repeat of that effort makes her a threat.
4th pick: #2 (Stradella Road) (5-1) - She moves to the dirt for the first time after going 8-1-2-3 on the grass. Lightly raced filly does have early speed and catches a field without a lot of other visible pace. Home bred may factor if she handles the surface switch.