Top pick: #3 (WASTED TEARS) - Hard-hitting veteran mare has the best early speed and comes here a relatively "fresh" runner with only two starts since returning from a half-year's absence May 30. Multiple graded stakes winner won the 2010 edition of this stakes and think she can make it two in a row this afternoo.
2nd pick: #6 (Celtic Princess) - Brazilian import has really "come to hand" for trainer A.C. Avila in her last pair after a five month layoff. Seven-year-old was beaten a head in the G1 Gamely at Hollywood May 30, then was an easy winner at the same track July 4 in a G2 stakes. Has a flexible style and is a win candidate.
3rd pick: #4 (Malibu Pier) - Freshened-up by Carla Gaines since this filly by "Malibu Moon" won the G3 Beverly Hills H. (G3) at Hollywood June 26. Working well, fits, and is one for one on this surface.