High expectations will meet stark reality when nine 2-year-olds compete Saturday in the $75,000 Everett Nevin at Pleasanton. The 5 1/2-furlong race is Northern California’s first stakes of the year for juveniles. Eight of the nine runners are winners, including five who won their career debut. Only Heaven Shines has stakes experience, having run last of five in the June 27 Fasig-Tipton Futurity at Santa Anita. Seven of the runners come from three barns. Walther Solis sends up Mr. T’s Thirsty and Thirsty Always from Southern California. Ed Moger Jr. has entered Hijo Galante, Drinking Again, and Love Candy. Jonathan Wong sends out Stanford Bay and Heaven Shines. :: Bet the races with confidence on DRF Bets. You're one click away from the only top-rated betting platform fully integrated with exclusive data, analysis, and expert picks. Highland Ghost, who won his second start after running second to Love Candy in his debut, and North Sea, fourth behind Love Candy and Highland Ghost in his debut, round out the field. Stanford Bay and Heaven Shines are both by the Tommy Town Thoroughbreds freshman sire Stanford. Heaven Shines was his first winner. The Solis duo and Drinking Again are by the sire Stay Thirsty. Mr. T’s Thirsty ran third in a California-bred maiden race at Santa Anita in his debut, then won a similar race by three-quarters of a length at Los Alamitos on June 27. Solis said Mr. T’s Thirsty “wasn’t square in the gate when it opened” in his first start. His maiden victory came over odds-on favorite What in Blazes, trained by Jerry Hollendorfer. “We saw a big difference the second time when he beat a really tough one,” Solis said. Solis likes the way both are training and is confident that both Mr. T’s Thirsty, making his third start in a month, and Thirsty Always, running for the first time since his May 16 debut, will run well. Heaven Shines led all the way over the Tapeta surface at Golden Gate on May 7 in the first juvenile race of the year in Northern California. “He broke running,” said Wong. Heaven Shines acted up in the post parade of the Fasig-Tipton Futurity at Santa Anita, according to Wong. He showed speed for a few furlongs before tiring. Heaven Shines has been gelded since his last start. Stanford Bay surprised Wong with his speed in his only race, going wire to wire over the Tapeta at Golden Gate a month ago. Drinking Again and Hijo Galante both graduated for $25,000 claiming. Drinking Again won at Golden Gate, Hijo Galante at Pleasanton. Love Candy won his only start by 2 3/4 lengths at Golden Gate.