SUNDAY RULES AND WARREN’S VENEDA FACE OFF IN GREAT LADY M STAKES unday Rules, unchallenged in five starts, and Grade I winner Warren's Veneda head a field of nine fillies and mares in the $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos.Won a year ago by the SCalifornia bred Doinghardtimeagain, the Great Lady M., which is run at 6 ½ furlongs, is the eighth of nine races.Approximate post time for the Grade II is 5:43 p.m. Post time Saturday is 2:15 p.m. Trained by Phil D'Amato for owner-breeder Nick Alexander, Sunday Rules has won her races by a com- bined 27 ¼ lengths and earned $314,880. A daughter of Tribal Rule and the General Meeting mare Sunday Dress, the 4-year-old will be making her graded stakes debut Saturday. Her latest victory came in the Spring Fever Stakes against fellow California breds May 23 at Santa Anita. She prevailed by three lengths as the 3-10 favorite. Owned by breeder Benjamin C.Warren and trained by Craig Lewis,Warren's Veneda is cutting back in dis- tance after chasing champion in the Grade III Adoration Stakes June 13 at Santa Anita. Out of the Flying Continental mare More Cal Bred, Sunday Rules the daughter of Affirmative has won eight of 24. Her most significant victory was a 7 ¼ length blowout in the Grade I Santa Margarita March 14. The 5-year-old mare, who hasn't sprinted since finishing third in the Betty Grable Stakes last Nov. 9 at Del Mar, would go over $1 million in earnings with a victory Saturday.She's been 1-2-3 in 18 of her races while bank- ing $883,612. Warren's Veneda does have some Los Alamitos experience. She finished second behind favored Tiz Midnight in the Grade II at 1 1/16 miles last Dec. 6, losing by a head at 10-1.The narrow defeat was followed by three consecutive stakes victories at Santa Anita, capped by the Santa Margarita. Runner-up after setting the pace in the 2014 Great Lady M.,Amaranth will be looking for her second win in a row for Highland Yard LLC and trainer O.J. Jauregui. The 4-year-old Mr. Greeley filly out of the Storm Boot mare Shedoesrock comes off a gate-to-wire shocker at 43-1 in the Desert Stormer June 14.The win was the fifth in 11 races for Amaranth and pushed her earnings to $227,370. Fantastic Style also enters off a win, easily capturing the Angels Flight May 16.Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert for owner Kaleem Shah, Inc., the 3 ¼ length win over favored Tara's Tango was the third in five starts for the 3-year-old Harlan's Holiday filly.Out of the Mr. Greeley mare Ruby Summer, Fantastic Style has a bankroll of $152,000. Legacy is the lone member of the Great Lady M. cast with a local stakes win.The 5-year-old Sightseeting mare was a nose winner of the Cypress - at 1 1/16 miles - during the inaugural Summer Festival. Out of the Smart Strike mare Royal Flush, Legacy has three wins in 20 races and earnings of $233,625. John Sadler trains for owner-breeders John Jain,Lawrence Opas and Frank Sinatra.From inside out,the field for the Great Lady M. Stakes: Amaranth, William Antongeorgi III rides, 119 pounds; Clearly Confused, Corey Nakatani, 119; Ramona's Wildcat,, 119; Living The Life, Mike Smith, 121; Sunday Rules,Tyler Baze, 119; Fantastic Style, Rafael Bejarano, 114; Warren's Veneda, Joe Talamo, 124; Harlington's Rose, Alonso Quinonez, 124 and Legacy, Santiago Gonzalez, 119.