Top pick: #7 (RICK THE BARTENDER) - Golden Gate shipper races first off a Phil Aristone claim and will move from a synthetic surface to real dirt. Gelding has won on dirt in the past and the only time he ran at this 7-furlong distance he finished second.
2nd pick: #5 (R U Smokin) - He was in sharp form around this time last year, but must have gotten injured as he was away for eight months beginning in late May of 2011. He was a winner at Pimlico April 15th in his third start back to clear the 2l condition and the dangerous barn of Mike Pino had leading rider Carmouche aboard.