Top pick: #7 (RUNNING SHOES) - Runs third off a 3 1/2 month layoff for the barn of Bill Fires. Filly has good speed/stalking ability and Louisiana-bred shipe here from the Fair Grounds in an attempt to get her maiden win. The top choice.
2nd pick: #3 (Rockinwithher) - Nice effort here on Jan. 23 saw this daughter of "El Corredor" finish second after chasing the wire-to-wire winner through-out. Race was her first ever on real dirt and was the best of her six-race career. Win threat and I almost put her on top.
3rd pick: #4 (African Legacy) - Home-bred from Marylou Whitney has caught "off" tracks in both of her starts and they've come going two-turns. Drops in price as she tries a sprint for the first time. May make some late noise.