Top pick: #8 (FAMOUS STING) (3-1) - Home-bred filly is lightly-raced and improving. She's finished second in two straight here at this tag, the latest coming at this distance on Jan. 15. Four-year-old has a flexible style and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Lemonsrgoodongrass) (5-1) - Mare has salvaged her career since moving back to the turf last fall. Speed/stalker finished a close up fourth here racing for a $50K tag on Jan. 7. Trainer "Scooter" Dickey drops her in class and she's a win candidate.
3rd pick: #11 (Quarla) (7-2) - Strong finisher was only a "head" back of "Famous Sting" last out while having some traffic issues at the start. She draws a tough post but has enough positional speed to avoid a wide trip into the first turn.
4th pick: #7 (Love My Empire) (6-1) - Speedy and well bred, she's tired badly in her last pair facing tougher. Owner/trainer Tony Sano drops her way down for this attempt which is $55,000 less than they claimed her for on Jan. 2 of 2014.
5th pick: #9 (Ansiedad) (20-1) - Not a win candidate, but she may rally in the stretch to gain a minor award at a big price.