Top pick: #5 (STARSHIP PLEASANT) (5-1) - Veteran mare has been on the sidelines since an impressive win here in a starter-allowance Jan. 18. Stalker was winning off a 7-week break and trainer Jay Servis has repeated that pattern heading into this. Six-year-old gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #3 (Donita's Ruler) (4-1) - Speedy filly ships up from Philadelphia Park where she was an easy wire-to-wire winner going 6.5-furlongs for a $25K tag Feb. 23. Claimed that day by Mike Moore, she's worked fast since and is as consistent as they come at this level 13-6-3-2. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #6 (Room for Me) (3-1) - Lightly-raced 5-year-old makes her local debut after being claimed Feb. 12 at Santa Anita by trainer Dave Jacobson for $12.5K. She was an easy winner that afternoon going a mile and earned a career best figure. The leading trainer here, Jacobson wins at a 30% rate first off a claim.
4th pick: #7 (Matching Skies) (6-1) - She tired last out in the snow when disappointing as the favorite. Veteran had won her previous start here and earned a very high figure that afternoon. An 8-time winner overall, mare is three for nine locally.