Top pick: #5 (FUNKY MUNKY MAMA) - Clearly the main speed of this group as she can consistently run sub :46 half miles. She was a wire-to-wire winner here Jan. 26 facing weaker in what was her second back off 2 1/2 month layoff. 4-year-old daughter of "Lion Heart" has come back with a nice half-mile breeze on Feb. 18 and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Miss Woods) - She's one of two fillies entered in here from the high-percentage barn of Chris Englehart and the pair will race uncoupled. Runs first off a claim (29% for Englehart) and was a smashing winner for $15K on this surface the day she was taken. Has the rail and is a threat right back.
3rd pick: #7 (Celtic Chant) - The second of the Englehart pair, 4-year-old was an easy winner here racing for $30K on Jan. 20, then finished third last out at this level and distance. Speed/stalker draws outside of the other pace, and that's a plus.