Top pick: #6 (YOU KNOW I KNOW) - Gelding raced wide while chasing the pace before tiring at Santa Anita in a switched special weight contest April 14th. Claimed by John Sadler for $50K in late February, this 3-year-old is working fast locally and will stretch-out in distance and drop down to the purchase price today. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (American Tanker) - He hasn't raced since early September and trainer Vlad Cerin will drop him into a claier off the layoff. Working well locally and Cerin wins at an excellent 25% rate off of long absences.
3rd pick: #7 (Soi Phet) - 4-year-old gelding will stretch-out in distance and race on a "poly" surface for the first time. Has some speed and his best start in five appearances came when he finished second in his only other distance attempt.