The biggest question going into Sunday’s two turf stakes for California-bred 3-year-olds could be the weather. The forecast calls for April showers if not a full-out rainstorm, leaving trainers wondering if the Campanile and the Silky Sullivan, both one-mile races with $75,000 purses, will go on turf as scheduled or move to the main track. While a surface switch would likely not cause many defections, the surface could affect race strategy for the nine fillies entered in the Campanile, which runs as the ninth race, and the 12 colts and geldings entered in the Silky Sullivan, the 11th race. :: Bet horse racing on DRF Bets. Double Your First Deposit Up to $250. Join Now. Trainer Andy Mathis was looking forward to running lightly raced Jimmy Blue Jeans in the Silky Sullivan along with recently claimed Tacoflavoredkisses. “He has some turf in his pedigree,” Mathis said of Jimmy Blue Jeans, whose dam, Blue Buzzard, had a turf win and whose sire, James Street, a son of El Prado, has enjoyed early success as a turf sire. “I think his style is better suited to the turf here than the synthetic here. He’s set fast fractions, and speed does seem to play better on the turf course here than the main track. “He’s young and improving and working exceptionally. He can set fast fractions and may find it easier to carry his speed farther on the turf.” The Silky Sullivan would mark the turf debut for Jimmy Blue Jeans. Tacoflavoredkisses, runner-up in the I’m Smokin Stakes at Del Mar last summer, was claimed for $50,000 when second in a Feb. 14 turf sprint at Santa Anita and ran third in a mile turf race here April 4. While Mathis thinks turf might help Jimmy Blue Jeans, he’s not sure about Tacoflavoredkisses. Mathis said: “His two races on turf have been okay but haven’t been fantastic. I don’t know if turf is his best surface. If it rained hard and switched to the main track, it might help. On turf, he just doesn’t have the numbers he does on the main track.” Trainer Tim McCanna is more concerned about the mile distance than the surface for Top Harbor. His colt won his debut at Pleasanton last summer and then won the Everett Nevin Stakes there. He didn’t run again for eight months, closing well for second in a sprint here April 8. “He got a prep race, but maybe distance could be a problem coming off one prep,” McCanna said. “His mother [Reba Is Good] was a good turf runner (seven wins, including multiple stakes), and he has turf feet.” Southern California-based entrants could prove tough in the Silky Sullivan. The Tim Yakteen-trained Big Talker has made all five starts on turf and showed improvement in each outing. Doug O’Neill sends up I’ll Stand Taller, by the good turf sire Square Eddie. He is coming off a sizzling maiden victory. Trainers Steve Sherman and Jeff Bonde are hoping for the Campanile to remain on the turf, although Sherman said that I’m So Anna, who drew the rail for the Campanile, will go no matter the surface. Sherman’s Fast Anna filly won the Pike Place Dancer at a mile on turf here last fall, while Bonde’s Squared Shady has come to life since transferring to turf. “At least we know she likes it,” Sherman quipped about I’m So Anna running on turf here. The filly finished sixth in the six-furlong Grade 3 Sweet Life on the turf at Santa Anita, right behind Squared Shady, and then ran a better-than-looks third in the six-furlong Evening Jewel on dirt. “She was eating so much dirt early, it was bothering her, but she got out and closed well,” Sherman said. Bonde is pleased with Squared Shady’s improvement. “She tries,” he said of the daughter of Square Eddie, who has a win, two seconds and a third in six turf starts. She will be making her first start around two turns, but distance shouldn’t be a problem. “She’s always positioned well,” said Bonde who envisions a good stalking trip. Many of the Campanile’s entrants will be stretching out, but Tura Lura just graduated at a mile, and Street Dancing, who is still a maiden, has run fourth, third, and most recently second at a mile. Recent maiden sprint winners Annie Graham and Amazen Grazen both should improve with more distance.