Top pick: #7 (KEMPER COUNTY) - Gelding pressed a fast pace in his debut before weakening in the last furlong to finish foourth of eight runnibg for $50K. Trainer Raf Becerra has given him five weeks recover and he has a fine maintenance breeze March 26. Espinoza stays put and this field looks weak for the price. The top pick.
2nd pick: #6 (Star Dance M D) - Son of "Henny Hughes" had a pretty rough trip in his debut facing special weights as he bobbled at the start and had some traffic issues at the half-mile pole. Trainer Kathy Walsh (31% second out) drops him into a high-priced claimer and adds blinkers. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Forward Appeal) - Away "slowly" in his debut, he was rushed up to race withing range and tired dadly from the 1/2 mile pole to the wire. He drops into a claimer and has a bullet drill six days ago that suggests a much better effort is coming.