Top pick: #12 (EXULTANT) - Colt by "First Samurai" cost $100K and trainer John Sadler will drop him into a claimer for the first time. 3-year-old pressed and weakened last out going a mile on the Santa Anita lawn facing special weights and will drop in class, shorten up in distance, and go turf to "poly." The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #6 (Whipstock) - He hasn't raced in just over a year, but is training steadily for his return. 5-year-old gelding by "Mineshaft" cost $200,000 and is another dropping into claiming land for the first time. Very dangerous if ready.
3rd pick: #2 (Goodbye Charlie) - Gelding has finished second in two straight facing slightly weaker and brings some in form speed to the party. He breaks near the rail and is a threat on the front end.