Top pick: #8 (MATZOH BALL MAGIC) (6-1) - Price play has raced deceptively well in his last pair and draws a nice outside post for this 6.5-furlong distance. Gelding by "Latent Heat" has some speed and can defeat this weak group at juicy odds.
2nd pick: #7 (Ke in Motion) (3-1) - He tired last out facing a bit tougher here on Jan. 11 in his first sttart in almost two months. Working fast since, trainer Doug O'Neill drops him to a new low and 3-year-old by "Big Brown" is a win candidate.
3rd pick: #6 (Rambling House) (5-2) - Speedy gelding has finshed second in two of his three starts and did so here on Jan. 9. Race was his first on real dirt and he's working fast for this attempt.
4th pick: #3 (Soo Major) (5-1) - He finished second two back at this price racing on the Hollywood "poly" on Dec. 5th, then raced both evenly and wide here on Jan. 4 facing tougher. Drops back down and this Cal.-bred must be left in the mix.