Top pick: #4 (CENTRIQUE) (3-1) - Veteran mare has been freshenied-up since winning a $103K stakes here going 7-furlongs on "Claiming Crown" day (Dec. 7). That made her 2-for-2 locally and daughter of "Malibu Moon" is 8-2-3-1 at this trip.
2nd pick: #3 (Giant Cats Eye) (4-1) - Filly has shown noticeable improvement since switching to the barn of Ed Plesa Jr. last summer and has gone 3-2-1-0 since then. Stalker was a winner here at this trip on Dec. 21 and a repeat of that effort makes her a strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #5 (Dreaming of Sophia) (4-1) - The main speed in this small field, three-time stakes winner won the $75K "Cellar Shiraz" on this surface on July 13th and is training very fast for her first since Oct. 12 when she ran third in a turf stakes at Calder. In the win mix.