Top pick: #6 (SOLDIER'S DANCER) - Talented runner has begun to join the elite of the older turf runners in this country. He's won on both coasts and this 1 1/8th mile distance is his best. Likes to "come from the clouds" and will need a trouble-free trip. Wins this if that's the case.
2nd pick: #13 (Proudinsky) - His connections are trying for a repeat in this race as this six-year-old won it last year. He's also attempting to do it off a win in the San Gabriel at Santa Anita, again just like last year. Major player.
3rd pick: #10 (Nownownow) - Talented runner moves back to the grass after a pair of top tries on the Santa Anita "poly." He won the "San Fernando" and finished close-up in the "Strub". Factor with Prado aboard.