Top pick: #1 (DRIVEN BY SUCCESS) - For a Grade 1 sprint this contest came up very light on speed and this veteran looks like he can make the top from his rail post and be very difficult to beat. Working well for this and he's 3 for 6 on this surface. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Girolamo) - Quality runner makes back-to-back starts for the first time since last fall and he ran well in his return race in the Grade 1 "Forego" at Saratoga. He's 2 for 2 locally and has beaten better fields than this in the past. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #5 (Temecula Creek) - The "Claim of the Year" as trainer Rudy Rodriquez took her for $17,500 in March and veteran is (6-4-1-0) and he loves this surface (6-4-1-1). Has the 2nd best speed of this group and is a win candidate.