Top pick: #4 (LIGHT OF LIFE) - Improving filly by "Corinthian" has some speed, is improving, and last out she pressed the pace before weakenin in the last furlong. Trainer Kristin Mulhall will race her third back off a 6 1/2 month break, drop her into a claimer for the first time, and switch her from turf to dirt.
2nd pick: #6 (Sabouli) - Daughter of "Lemon Drop Kid" also goes turf to dirt and takes the same class drop as "Life". Last out she raced both wide and evenly and was 2 1/2 lengths back of that rival on the wire. Price play today.
3rd pick: #2 (Cavaletta) - She's finished second in three of her last four starts and two of those have come on the dirt. Breaks near the rail, has tactical speed, and enters this off a career best.
4th pick: #8 (Lady Vivien) - The main speed, she's stretching-out in distance for the first time this afternoon. Working fine and the successful barn of Vann Belvoir will race her without blinkers for the first time.