Top pick: #1 (BRACE YOURSELVES) - Talented colt has come back from a 9 month layoff a better runner and he's really taken to the dirt surface here. He finished second in a tough maiden field Jan. 7 and got his first win less than a month later. Working fast for this, he draws the rail, meets a weak field, and can make his first start against winners a successful one.
2nd pick: #3 (Lunada Bay) - Working fast (like most Baffert runners) for his first race since last July at Del mar. Has talent and is a major force if ready as he races on real dirt for the first time.