Top pick: #4 (SHALAKA) - Speedy filly drops in price and stretches out in distance for a barn (Jim Bond) thats having a great meet on this surface. Bred to handle this trip and this 4-year-old by "Lion Heart" will be very tough to beat on the front-end.
2nd pick: #2 (Montessori) - Ships back from Florida to trainer Bill Badgett who is returning from a long suspension. Three-year-old takes a big drop today and goes turf to dirt for this attempt. Daughter of "Jump Start" is a big threat from her rail post.
3rd pick: #6 (Ocean Avenue) - Races second back off a 2 month break and she showed a bit of speed in her first on this surface before tiring to finish a distance third. Barn brings her back quickly for this, drops her slightly in price, but she'll need to do much better in this spot.