(# 4) PURE BUSINESS - Logical selection, if ready to run off the early Dec. layoff, she would appear to be the horse to beat. Trainer Tony Dutrow has excellent numbers in all the relevant categories and is a serious wire-to-wire threat.

(# 6) Jabeesh - Improvement noted in last with the addition of Lasix for the first time. Ran third to Kitty Nip despite trouble, and that runner came back to finish second in an allowance next out.

(# 8) She's Miss Judged - Debut's for the Contessa factory, and does so with Lasix. Works are on the slow side, and trainer goes to one of his non-regulars (Jara).

(# 7) Fiddler's Chance - Several of this debut runners drills are above average and trainer knows how to win races. No debut wins out of a small sampling, so that is basically a non-issue. Field is a weak one and she wouldn't have to be much to factor.