Top pick: #2 (CALDRON) - Gelding finised a pace-setting third at this tag sprinting on Jan. 8 in his first back off almost a two-month layoff. Race was the best of his career and trainer Steve Asmussen will stretch him out in distance for the first time today. Dominguez stays put and he and the 2009 Eclipse Award winning trainer are successful 37% of the time when they're teamed-up.
2nd pick: #3 (Fortunate Run) - He raced close-up anf finished evenly last out in a state-bred allowance in his first against winners. Drops into a claimer and faces "open" foes today. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #5 (Gimmeanotherwink) - Another stretch-out sprinter and he's finished third in his last pair saprinting in starter-allowances. Lightly raced and he still has room for improvement.