Top pick: #7 (OPTIMISTIC BULLET) - Brazilian-bred just wasn't getting the job done at Turf Paradise and was sent in for a 3 month freshening by trainer Burton Sipp in early February. Brought here by the veteran trainer at the end of the meet in Arizona a month ago, the rest and the move east proved beneficial as she ran a career best when winning her local debut May 4th racing at this tag to clear the 3l condition.Repeat of the effort takes another.
2nd pick: #8 (Buddy's Dream) - Mare missed by a nose here at this condition and price May 11th, her best overall effort since last June at Belmont Park. Since coming back from a 100 day layoff on March 18th, she's gone (4-2-1-0) and is a strong win candidate in this spot.
3rd pick: #1 (Lexi's Argument) - Filly is consistent(15-3-4-2) with all but one of those starts being local. Wide while chasing in her latest she finished evenly to run 4th. Moves to the rail and stalker must be left in the mix.