Top pick: #6 (TAKING OVER) - Fast runner can really "bring it on" early and draws a group that looks susceptible to someone going "all the way". Presence of apprentice rider Ortiz and the subsequent weight off, indicates his connection's intentions to try a theft.
2nd pick: #3 (Flight To Eden) - Generally tries hard every time ( without winning many) and should find himself somewhere in the exotics at the finish. Coa is an obvious plus.
3rd pick: #8 (Freedom Isn't Free) - Won his last in his 2nd back off a half-years absence when he got a fast/contested pace to close into. Will need a similar scenario today to be successful.