Top pick: #10 (IDLE GOSSIP) - Very fast filly returns from a layoff and runs in a claimer for the first time. Her trainer (Carlos Martin)is sharp off of similar breaks (29%) and usually does his best work starting around this time of year. The horse to catch and beat.
2nd pick: #8 (Picnic Rock) - Filly tired slightly last out facing $20,000 foes and will drop back down to $16K, a price she's finished second at in her two previous starts. Win threat from just off the lead.
3rd pick: #11 (Out Nice Them) - Only two lengths behind "Picnic" last out and she raced "between" horses the whole race (always an uncomfortable position). Gets the addition of blinkers and looks set for a big effort.