Top pick: #2 (EL GAUCHO) - Grey colt by "Smoke Glacken" seems to thrive on racing and he'll already be running for the fifth time in 2011. Speed/stalker ran here at this trip facing tougher April 29th and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer will drop him down into a career soft spot tonight. Valenzuela gets aboard for the first time and this 3-year-old is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #5 (Wholelotofcongrats) - Speedy colt finished a pace-setting second at this price at Santa Anita April 10th and trainer John Sadler has given him almos six weeks to recover from that strong effort. Working fine for this and he's an obvious win candidate.
3rd pick: #8 (Blingboy) - Speedy gelding had to be sent hard from an inside post here May 5th and tired in the last furlong to finish third in a strong effort. Moves off the rail and that should lead to a less stressful trip. Contends tonight.