Top pick: #3 (JOYFUL VICTORY) (9-5) - Grey mare has a fine overall record (16-5-5-3) and if she wins today it will move her earnings over the $1M mark. Speed/staler comes into this off a wire-to-wire win at Sam Houston Downs in the rich "Houston Ladie's" stakes and in late Sept. she finished second on this surface in the (G1) "Zenyatta" stakes. She's working fast for this attempt an Rosie Napravnik is in for the ride.
2nd pick: #2 (Brushed by a Star) (7-2) - She tries hard every time and last out gave futile chase to "Joyful" while holding down the place spot in game fashion. Capable and she's been training fast at Palm Meadows before heading to the West Coast for the first time.
3rd pick: #6 (More Chocolate) (5-2) - She's lightly raced, still improving, and when last in action on Jan. 20 she was winning the G2 "La Canada" stakes. That was a career best, her first on conventional dirt, and she's training fast for this attempt.