Top pick: #2 (CELESTIAL DIAMOND) - Showed big debut speed at the Spa. before being raced into defeat by a good-looking winner. Son of "Malibu Moon" has worked sharply since and may get the "jump" on this small group.
2nd pick: #1 (Ventana) - Son of the young sire "Toccet", was in steady training in So. California before shipping east with part of the Baffert string. Trainer only brings those to this coast that are real runners.