Top pick: #7 (MISS MELINDA) (4-1) - Promising filly was an easy debut winner on this surface Oct 13th and did not race again until March 28th when she just failed to get up at Gulfstream after a slow start going 6.5-furlongs. Trainer Bill Mott has given her 7 weeks to recover, has her working fast locally, and she should love this 7-furlong trip.
2nd pick: #1 (Smashing) (3-1) - She lived up to her name when she went wire-to-wire to break her maiden by almost 7 lengths racing at Aqueduct April 25. It earned her the highest 'figure' any of these has ever run and this home-bred by "Malibu Moon" has worked fast since. Has the rail and I almost made her the top choice.
3rd pick: #6 (Very Cherry Candy) (6-1) - Canadian-bred has won more races (5) than any other entered and has now gone 5-3-1-1 since switching from synthetic surfaces to real dirt. In career best form, stalker takes on tougher but still must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #5 (Ultimate Shopper) (6-1) - Very lightly raced, she has blazing early speed and ships from Keeneland where she just failed to hold on at this level racing on the "poly" surface there. Her best ever came when she was a daylight winner on this course when debuting in early Oct. Working fast and this grey filly has a bright future. In the mix.