Three races into her career, the 2-year-old filly Thought Process performs more like a veteran in racing and training. “She acts like an older horse,” trainer Phil D’Amato said. “She goes out there without a pony. She gets into a nice gallop and does what we want to do. She doesn’t act like a 2-year-old.” Winner of the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf on Sept. 7 in her stakes debut, Thought Process will be favored to win her third consecutive start in Sunday’s Grade 3 Surfer Girl Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at a mile on turf at Santa Anita. The $100,000 Surfer Girl Stakes could lead to a start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 1. Also on Sunday at Santa Anita, the Grade 3 Zuma Beach Stakes could produce a few runners for the BC Juvenile Turf on Nov. 1. :: Bet Santa Anita with confidence! Get DRF All Access Past Performances, Picks, Clocker Reports and more. The program does not include the Grade 3 Tokyo City Cup at 1 1/2 miles, which failed to draw sufficient entries and was canceled. Thought Process, who races for the partnership of Madaket Stables, Little Red Feather Racing, and the family of the late Brereton Jones, is the only stakes winner in a field of six in the Surfer Girl Stakes, the fourth race on a 10-race program. The field does not include Supa Speed and Sea Runner, who were second and third in the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf. Supa Speed was recently sidelined with a fever, but has resumed training, trainer John Sadler said. Sea Runner was entered in a maiden race at Santa Anita on Friday. Thought Process will race against Casalu, who was fourth in the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Jack’s Magic Girl, who was fourth in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante at seven furlongs on dirt on Sept. 7. Thought Process, who will be ridden by Hector Berrios, runs from a stalking position. “The beauty with her is she possesses speed to be as close as she wants to be, but has a brilliant turn of foot late,” D’Amato said. “It’s up to Hector to find the sweet spot.” In the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf, Thought Process closed from third of 11 to win by two lengths at 2-5. D’Amato said Thought Process showed progress through September. “I think she’s as good as she was back then and hopefully better,” he said. “She’s trained just as sharply now. I’m looking forward to running her.” Zuma Beach The $100,000 Zuma Beach field drew eight runners including the stakes winners Artislas, who won the Del Mar Juvenile Turf at a mile on Sept. 8 to remain unbeaten in two starts, and R Heisman, who won the Graduation Stakes for California-bred sprinters on dirt on Aug. 9. The Zuma Beach will be the turf debut for R Heisman, who finished fifth of seven in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity at seven furlongs on Sept. 8 in his fifth start. R Heisman, trained by Peter Miller, is capable of showing speed, while Artislas runs from off the pace. Artislas, trained by Jeff Mullins, closed well at 13-1 to win a maiden race at five furlongs on turf in his debut on Aug. 2, and from fifth at 7-1 to win the Del Mar Juvenile Turf at a mile. Reylu Gutierrez, who was aboard for those wins, has the mount on Sunday. Artislas will be joined as a closer by contenders such as Cali Cat and Iron Man Cal. Cali Cat, trained by Sadler, won a maiden race for California-breds at a mile on turf in his second start on Aug. 30, a reversal from a ninth-place finish in his debut on dirt in July. “Like lots of American Pharoahs, he moved up on grass,” Sadler said. “He’s healthy and he’s improving.” Sadler said Cali Cat worked in company last weekend at Santa Anita, but did not receive a time because of extensive fog. Iron Man Cal, trained by D’Amato, was fourth behind Artislas in the maiden race on Aug. 2 and won a maiden race at a mile on turf on Sept. 7, closing from fourth of nine. “I was really impressed with the way he broke his maiden at Del Mar,” D’Amato said. “He acts like another horse that has great tactical speed, similar to Thought Process. “If he can run one-two in this race, it puts him into good consideration for the Breeders’ Cup. He’s going to have to earn his way in there.” :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.