With the scratch of main rival Lull, Triple Chelsea (3) becomes an even stronger favorite. This mare has turned into one of the best female turf sprinters in the country, reeling off four stakes wins through the first half of the season. She’s not one who needs to carry her racetrack around with her, and she seemingly can win using almost any running style. She actually broke dead last in her most recent start at Churchill and still was able to run down a good filly in Morticia late. Joe Sharp is so good at keeping these turf sprinters in top form.

I’m certainly using the favorite, but the horse I want to bet is CHANTELINE (9), who should go off at a very generous price. This mare has only gotten the chance to run on turf four times, but she’s actually run exceptionally well in all of those races. Her turf debut came in a tough stakes race at Saratoga last summer, and she ran much better than her seventh-place finish would indicate. She showed speed through fast early fractions and got pushed out on the turn by a drifting rival. She was then even more unlucky in her subsequent start at Keeneland as she missed the break and put in a remarkable stretch run to get up for fourth. Since then, she’s won her last two turf starts, one of which was a win over Triple Chelsea. She beat weaker at Parx last time but was utterly dominant in doing so. The yielding turf condition is obviously a bit of a concern because she's never tried it before. Yet I think there's a chance that Chanteline may be every bit as good as many of the top contenders in here and she’s flying under the radar.