Top pick: #3 (STRAWBERRY ROUTE) - Filly has shown good early speed facing state-bred special weights in her first 2 starts and trainer Pete Miller will drop her into a claimer for the first time this evening. Daughter of "Mud Route" has a pair of maintenance works since finishing 5th of nine here at this distance May 12th. The drop in class can lead to the win.
2nd pick: #8 (Gittel) - Home-bred daughter of "Bernstein" is working fast at Santa Anita for a under-rated trainer (Janet Armstrong). She has a sharp gate drill May 28th that suggests filly has some early speed.
3rd pick: #5 (Eye For Cactus) - Filly ships in from Turf Paradise where she had major problems in both of her starts there on conventional dirt. Runs today off a trainer change to Bob Troeger and will drop her into a claimer and this home-bred has a bullet half-mile work on this surface May 31st. Can factor at a big price.