Top pick: #5 (CONGREGATIONALIST) (2-1) - Gelding has disappointed a number of times and will be dropped to a new low in price for his first race since late March at Santa Anita. His most impressive races have come on synthetic surfaces, and he should beat these with his best.
2nd pick: #2 (Single Launch) (8-5) - The probable favorite, he's lightly raced, improving, and comes off a career best when finishing second here facing tougher on May 24. He's worked since, drops to a new low, and is an obvious win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Alkaray) (5-1) - All three of his starts to date have come on the grass facing Cal-bred special weights. Colt ran evenly here going a mile on May 26 in his first back from a brief vacation seven weeks), and trainer Ben Cecil drops him into a claimer, races him on a "poly" surface, and adds blinkers, all for the first time.