Top pick: #4 (RANCHERO) - He looked sharp when breaking his maiden on this surface April 26th and earned the highest Byer "figure" any of these has ever run. Win came off a seven-week freshening and the Baffert barn (they won three here yesterday) has him nicely spotted in his first facing winners.
2nd pick: #2 (Father Pabst) - Speedy and improving, he ran a career best when he went wire-to-wire at Santa Anita to get his maiden win April 21st. By far his best and he's the speed nearest the rail.
3rd pick: #8 (Meadow Road) - Very competitive sort (10-1-5-3) is (3-0-2-1) locally and he draws a nice post for his stalking style. There's plenty of pace signed up, and that makes him dangerous during the stretch run.