Top pick: #7 (SOPHIE'S SECRET) (9-2) - Filly by "Belong to Me" cost $150K and will be dropped into a claimer by trainer John Sadler for the first time. Three-year-old runs second off a seven month layoff, is working fast, and gets 10 lbs of weight off with apprentice Pena aboard. I like her chances.
2nd pick: #6 (Kevin's Kool Kat) (7-2) - Un-raced since early Dec., she went 5-0-2-1 last year and all came against tougher. Working fast and filly ran well here last meet.
3rd pick: #4 (Rest Lake) (6-1) - Lightly-raced and speedy, filly takes a big drop in price and is making back-to-back starts for the first time. In the win mix.
4th pick: #8 (Shamefully Sinful) (15-1) - Longshot is lightly raced and will be racing second back from a two month freshening. She's worked three times here since July 17th and stalker draws outside of the speed.
5th pick: #1 (Beautiful Spirit) (6-1) - She just failed on July 5th when racing at this level at Hollywood and has sharp early speed. Contender has the rail, but this field is considerably tougher than she faced last out.