Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #7 (KITTEN'S MATRIARCH) (5-2) - Filly makes her debut for the high percentage barn of Wesley Ward. Home bred is working steadily and meets a rather weak looking field. Ward is 7-for-22 (32%) at this meet and he wins at a 22% rate first time out.
2nd pick: #3 (Hansen's Girl) (3-1) - Speedy filly takes the big drop into claimers in her second start back of almost an eight week break. She tired badly in her local debut facing tougher Dec. 8, but had a poor start and race is best viewed as a toss. A strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #8 (Halo's Paradise) (4-1) - Even-paced filly has finished third in her last pair without threatening to do any better than that. Should grab another minor award, but needs to improve a lot for anything more than that.
4th pick: #4 (Hippolyte) (9-2) - Speedy filly has finished second in two of her four starts and did so here at this tag in her local debut Dec. 7. Must be left in the mix.