There are some exceptionally fast 2-year-old fillies around the country, but none of them is running in the Starlet at Los Alamitos on Saturday. The winning Beyer Figure in this race is likely to be about an 80, not exactly Grade 1 caliber. Treasuring would appear to have a tactical edge as potential lone speed on the rail. But the only time she got a clear lead in four starts, she got just a 74 Beyer, so she does not inspire much confidence. Her Bob Baffert stablemate Pretty N Cool got a 95 in her debut, but has not come close to that number since then. In fact, in her last race, when third behind Treasuring in a $100,000 stakes, she got a career-low 70. She certainly has the speed to contend for the top, but Baffert is not going to want the two fillies battling for the lead. Pacific Heat has been dazzling in her two races, winning by 13 1/2 lengths and 5 1/4 lengths. She has not run fast yet, getting Beyers of 78 and then 73, but she has the look of a filly that could improve enough to beat a group that has had more chances to fire a big one. Surfside Tiara has run four nearly identical races and one disaster when she was chasing Songbird. As you shall read later, races (and Beyers) where good horses chase really good to great horses and fade badly should usually be dismissed. Cali Star has the best last-race dirt Beyer (88) in the Rampart at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The filly is a classic example of a top Beyer that can be used to create a negative play because her figure was earned under false pretenses. She battled for the lead in very slow fractions and then ran away in the stretch. She looked great; she ran fast; she is a throwout for me. Cali Star is not fast enough to get the lead in this race, unless her trainer, Marty Wolfson, who has three of the eight horses in the race, has other ideas. It might not matter anyway. Under the more normal circumstances that should apply here, Cali Star is more of an 80 horse than an 88 horse. And 80 is not going to win this race. I like Danessa Deluxe for the same reason I don’t like Cali Star. With Legal Laura and Moment of Delight each having serious early speed, I think there is a chance of a pace meltdown, or at least a very quick pace. Danessa Deluxe was good enough to get an 86 and 87 in the spring when closing behind slow paces in the Gulfstream Park Oaks and Black-Eyed Susan. In her first race in 50 days, she was a distant second behind Cali Star on Nov. 18 behind that slow pace. If this race shape is even a little better for Danessa Deluxe than it was in the three races I cited, I think she is set up for the best race of her career, perhaps even getting close to a 90 Beyer. If that happens, she wins. My reference to chasing top horses applies to the Harlan’s Holiday at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Mr. Jordan was having a pretty nice career between Gulfstream and Monmouth Park – four wins and two seconds (one after being disqualified from first), earning Beyers of 94 and 97 in his best races. Then, he chased American Pharoah in the Haskell and was beaten by 60 lengths, earning a Beyer of 9. Valid, one of America’s most consistent horses, was 45-1 in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. He got a 98 when fifth that day. Valid earned triple digit Beyers in four consecutive races twice in his last 12 races. Back in his comfort zone, I would expect Valid to get right back to his triple-digit ways and either win or just miss. Encryption’s early speed should put him right in the race. His 103 and 102 Beyers within the last year are more than a hint. Encryption is very live in this spot.