Top pick: #8 (HOOK AND LATERAL) - Home-bred gelding has some fine efforts showing in his eight-race career and last out he rallied to finish second, beaten a neck racing on this surface at this price. Effort came off a 100-day break and stalker draws outside of the other speed.
2nd pick: #2 (Warrior From Above) - Nice effort two back at this distance saw him stay on the rail the whole race and rally to miss by a nose at odds of 40-1. He raced around two-turns last out and showed little, so he's back sprinting this afternoon.
3rd pick: #5 (Purple Pico) - Improving of late and it's good to see him stringing starts together. Veteran trainer Leo O'Brien had a maiden win here the other day and this gelding is a threat with his best.