Top pick: #4 (ELUSIVE MAN) - Shortens-up in distance and drops in class. Showed good speed in his last pair after a troubled debut. Looks all set for his maiden win.
2nd pick: #8 (President Elect) - California shipper will try real dirt for the first time. Big speed shown on the coast in his races on "poly" and trainer Doug O'Neill wouldn't have sent him here for the gumbo. Big threat.
3rd pick: #6 (Mt. Westmore) - Nice improvement last out in his second-lifetime start, as he finished second that day. Bad news is his two race came almost two years apart. If he can move forward a bit, he can compete here.