Top pick: #7 (GISELE AT FONZ'S ) (2-1) - This is the first 2-year-old race of the season in California, so all seven fillies will be making their debuts. This home-bred by "Swiss Yodeler" is in a fine barn (Tom Proctor) and has worked a half-dozen times on this surface since March 21st. The latest, a near bullet 3-furlong gate breeze five days ago suggests she's ready to roll. Another plus is the presence of Garret Gomez, as he's won with 14 of 42 (33%) over the past 16 months when riding for Proctor.
2nd pick: #5 (Ninnavee) (4-1) - In a capable barn (Adam Kitchingham) $12K yearling has a bullet 23 furlong gate breeze at Santa Anita two weeks ago and that should have her set for this.
3rd pick: #3 (Debt Free Abby) (6-1) - One of two fillies enterd by trainer Walt Solis and this filly has outworked her stable-mate in six straight AM drills. Capable, and she'll be a square price.
4th pick: #4 (Yodelmesomemagic) (5-2) - Home-bred has been in steady training locally since early Feb., and her drills have picked up in intensity over the past month as trainer Mike Harrington gets her ready for her first start.