Top pick: #5 (EVOLUTION ROCKS) (3-1) - Profilic winner heads a very strong field in this allowance-optional $62.5K claimer. In the high-percentage barn of Jorge Navarro, he's been training fast at Calder where he won an $85K sprint stakes Jan. 25. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (Guam Typhoon) (6-1) - Much like "Evolution Rocks" ne loves to win (15 for 30) and did so at Tampa Bay on Feb. 19 when facing weaker. In shape, and this veteran gelding doesn't need the lead to win.
3rd pick: #2 (Confrontation) (5-2) - Undefeated (3-for-3) meets his toughest field yet and gives away a recency edge to the top two picks. Working fast for his first since Oct. 12, stalker should get a solid pace to rally into.
4th pick: #4 (Border Song) (10-1) - He races first off a Manny Azpurua claim and he moves him from turf-to-dirt and shortens him up in distance. A fast recent work indicates this lightly-raced French-bred is a stretch threat.