Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #4 (WHIRLING) (3-1) - Very lightly-raced and well-bred, she's dropping in class while moving back to the main track. $210,000 purchase enters off a pair of good efforts on the grass at this distance facing tougher. Three-year-old broke her maiden at this mile trip on the Santa Anita dirt May 10 and is working fast for this attempt.
2nd pick: #5 (Just a Smidge) (2-1) - $425,000 daughter of 'Into Mischief' tired in a grass sprint at this level Aug. 15 at Del Mar. It was her first start since Jan. 7 and trainer Bob Baffert moves this stakes-placed filly back to the dirt while stretching her out.
3rd pick: #3 (Chickatini) (3-1) - Speedy sort broke her maiden here in gate-to-wire style at this distance July 13. In her follow up at Del Mar Aug. 17 she tired to finish a distant third after setting a quick and pressured pace at this level and distance. Daughter of 'Bernardini' is the only one entered with a local victory, and that's a plus.