Litfin's preview: Short fields for stakes

Fast and good

The main track is fast, while the turf is labeled “good” after some rain overnight. Races 5, 9, and 11 remain on the turf. Race 7 is off the turf.

Short fields in two stakes

The $150,000, Grade 3 Vagrancy Handicap (race 10) is down to a field of just four.

Kauai Katie will be a prohibitive favorite after Lion D N A and Mama Zee – who each won Friday at Pimlico for Rudy Rodiguez – were scratched.

There are no scratches in the $100,000 Paradise Creek Stakes (race 5), in which three of the five entrants remain eligible for preliminary allowance conditions.

Multi-exotic schedule

With a 12-race card on tap, there will be three pick four sequences spanning races 2 thru 5, 6 thru 9, and 9 thru 12. The latter has a $300,000 guaranteed pool.

The pick 6 is on races 7 thru 12.