Top pick: #2 (SUPER ESPRESSO) - Filly by "Medaglia d'Oro" cost chef Bobby Flay $1.1 million dollars and is improving quickly at this point. Four-year-old has won her last three starts, including a $60K stakes on this surface at this distance on Feb. 6. Trainer Todd Pletcher, who's havin another outstanding meet (98-29-17-18), has had her work a bullet half-mile a week ago and she can upset the presumed favorite No. 7 "Five Grand Girl".
2nd pick: #1 (Speightful Affair) - Lightly raced, well-bred, improving, and in the barn of Steve Asmussen. Four-year-old daughter of "Speightstown" has the rail, good early speed, and she likes this surface (4-2-1-1). Win candidate at a square price.
3rd pick: #7 (Five Grand Girl) - The probable favorite is one of a pair entered from the barn of Rick Dutrow Jr. and has an outstanding overall record (10-6-2-1) all in sprints, and she's a perfect 2-for-2 on this inner dirt surface. Working fast and is a serious win candidate, though at a short price.