Top pick: #7 (CAST A DOUBT) - Gelding enters this off a pair of sharp efforts at Santa Anita after returning from a 7-month vacation in March. Speed/stalker is clearly an improved runner and draws outside of the other front-runners.
2nd pick: #6 (Gunga Galunga) - Four-year-old by "Street Cry" has shown early speed in his first two starts and will go turf to "poly", shorten-up in distance, and most importantly, trainer Tim Yakteen will race him in a claimer for the first time.
3rd pick: #1 (Ranchero) - The probable favorite, he's been competitive in three of his four starts facing tougher. Has the rail, good positional speed, and trainer Bob Baffert will drop this $240K son of "Closing Argument" into a claimer for the first time.