Top pick: #6 (BEDOUIN NOW) (3-1) - Improving colt is one of two entered by trainer Dave Jacobson and the pair race un-coupled. Three-year-old rallied to finish second last out at this tag and he travels an extra furlong today, and that's in his favor.
2nd pick: #2 (Lake Superior) (8-5) - Four-year-old by "Distorted Humor" cost a whopping $650K and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will drop him into a claimer for the first time. The probable favorite, he's making back-to-back starts for the first time. Colt has a bit of speed and is a win candidate at a short price.
3rd pick: #1 (Craqui) (2-1) - West coast invader has been idle for just uner a year and will be making his first start for trainer Dave Jacobson (28%) with new arrivals. When last in action he missed by a nose going a mile on the Santa Anita grass and is a big threat if ready off the long absence.