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Race 1– 1^st #1 Sir Eddie seeks to make his eleventh race his first winning race.  If you go back to his June races, he was running some solid Beyer numbers, upper 70’s, and an 81.  He’s been the chalk a few times and has lost, but maybe today he can change it around.

2^nd #3 Iron Curtain has the same record as Sir Eddie, but just one more race of experience.  They both have four seconds and two thirds. He ran a good race when he lost by a head last May coming off of a year and a half lay off.  I see him running second here.

3^rd #2 Spicy Vibration has been working out for a year and a half, but this is his first race as a now four-year old.  Papa Clem’s Cal bred horses run very good, and his dam Salty Fries won a stakes race at Golden Gate back a decade ago.

Race 2– 1^st #8 Queen Bee To You gets the blinkers on here, and this is a tough race for her to win.  For only three wins, she’s banked over $245,000. She is fairly consistent, and has thrown in a couple of clunkers but nothing too bad, she’s just faced some tough horses throughout her career.

2^nd #5 Sauce On Side is also quite consistent, and she just won her last race at Del Mar.  Ten races, two wins, four seconds, and a third. Always a good effort with her, and it’s interesting she ran her first career race in a $100,000 stakes race.  Hmm.

3^rd #4 Withholding Info has one race, and one win.  She’s in deeper water here, as she’s running against horses who are much more experienced than she is.  But with Bob Baffert training her, I think she will hit the board.

Race 3– 1^st #5 So Gucci ran second in her career debut with Fuentes riding, and Bonde trains.  Her works have been pretty decent and she was purchased for $11,000, and depending on her career turns out, it might be a steal of a price for the To Honor and Serve filly.

2^nd #7 Equal Measure was recently claimed by John Sadler, and gets a jockey change.  She closed last out and was able to make up quite a bit of ground for the short distance.

3^rd #4 Acadia Fleet just ran 4^th behind So Gucci in her debut, but this Northern Afleet filly should improve here.

Race 4– 1^st #7 Blueberry Princess may benefit from the distance, in some of her races she has closed and made up some ground.  She has lost her last two races as the chalk.

2^nd #5 Thanks is going back to the level she ran second at.  All four of her races have been ran at different tracks. I’m not sold on why she’s 2/1 but I think since she is coming down a little in class, and the blinkers come off.

3^rd #4 Awepollonia has been a long shot in all of her races, and she hasn’t ran well enough for me to put in first or second, but maybe here.  Since she fades, I don’t know if adding the distance will help her.

Race 5– 1^st #6 Original Intent is happier running on the dirt if you compare his performances, but the better Beyer numbers of his career have been ran on the turf.  After his second place effort, they bumped him up a little, and now he goes back down for $12,500 hoping to get the W.

2^nd #10 Gryffindor ran better when he was stretched out in distance last out, maybe it will help him again.  It took him a few races to win, and since he had lost by so much distance, I’m actually surprised he won when he did.

3^rd #7 Typhoon Harry was just beat by Gryffindor, but his connections are doing so well at the beginning of the meet, and his one win has come over the distance.

Race 6– 1^st #9 Princess Roi has an interesting career filled with lots of layoffs.  She’s ran very well in her stakes races, and ran fourth in a grade three.  Her layoff hasn’t been super long compared to most of the times, but she kind of needs to redeem herself.

2^nd #4 Bashful cost quite a pretty penny, ($330,000), and his won her first and only race.  Now she switches from the turf, to the dirt, against more experienced fillies. A nicely bred filly by Orb out of a Deputy Minister mare, ridden by Mike Smith.

3^rd #3 Tyfosha cost even more than Bashful did.  $410,000, and only one win out of ten starts, but she has ran second five times, and as you can see by her performances and Beyer numbers, they have improved over time.

Race 7– 1^st #3 Surfing Star has five races, and his worst finish was a sixth place after a bad break, but him and Geovanni Franco work well as a team, and are going for their third win a row together.

2^nd #2 Super Sol was a $400,000 purchase from the Fasig-Tipton sale back in 2016, and he’s shown some talent but clearly something happened last out, he’s been off two months so hopefully he can rebound after his last effort.

3^rd #4 El Huerfano is a tough old guy who just turned seven and still runs big races and ninety Beyer numbers.  He’s made $450,000 and he only seems to get better with age.

Race 8– This is a big race and will lead to the Kentucky Oaks. For 1^st I choose #2 Bellafina who ran fourth in the BC Juvenile Fillies, but it was by no means a bad race and she comes back to California which is her home track.  She still has a lot of work to do to earn back the hefty purchase price of $800,000.

2^nd #1 Mother Mother’s blinkers come off, and although her third place may not look great to some people, she only lost by a neck and is still one talented filly! Bob Baffert trains, Van Dyke reunites with this girl as they won her maiden debut together.

3^rd #3 Sold It ran behind Mother Mother last out finishing fifth beaten by four and is trained by Doug O’Neill.  All of these fillies have talent but to me, these three ladies are the most talented. This one could also turn out to be a rockstar with a little experience, she’s already in so deep….

Race 9- 1^st #9 Vallestina comes down in class from a disappointing effort last out, she was beaten by Sauce On Side, who I also have chosen above in an earlier race.

2^nd #7 Baby Ice has been hot in the claiming box.  Not sure what all the hype is about. She didn’t break her maiden until three months ago and her past three races has been claimed by somebody, and I’m not saying I don’t like her, I’m just missing something here.

3^rd #10 Miss Unusual ran better once she got down to this level, and while I am not quite sure she could pull off two wins in a row, I do think she will hit the board.