Top pick: #4 (GLOBAL HOTTIE) (5-2) - Heavily bet in both starts, she ran second when debuting on the Santa Anita dirt Oct. 26, then was a very impressive daylight winner on this surface Nov. 17. Working fast since, in the Baffert barn, and the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (Swiss Lake Yodeler) (2-1) - Dangerous foe, she's working very fast locally for her first ever on a synthetic surface. She's gone 3-2-1-0 on dirt, won a Cal-bred stakes at Santa Anita on Nov. 1, and is a "neck" short of being undefeated.
3rd pick: #10 (Stole a Kiss) (15-1) - Longshot has a good closing kick, races with blinkers on, draws a fine outside post, and is a stretch threat at a big price.
4th pick: #8 (Sprouts) (6-1) - Speedy filly won a pair of stakes during the summer before tiring badly In the G1 "Del Mar Debutante." Training fast, she needs to improve a bit to have a shot at the win.
5th pick: #5 (Shysheisnot) (12-1) - The field's only maiden she was away slowly in her debut and rallied to finish a distant second to "Hottie." Working well since and the extra furlong she travels today is in her favor.