Top pick: #6 (BURNT TOAST) - Gelding has the best early speed of this group and last out at this level he tired slightly after setting a fast and pressured pace in his first facing winners, and first race in two months. Very tough today on the front-end.
2nd pick: #1 (Last Heartbreaker) - Nice effort here at this level Jan. 17 saw him finish second on a sloppy track going a mile. Race third back off a 2 1/2 month layoff, cuts-back in distance, and he draws the rail.
3rd pick: #7 (Black Bullet) - Gulfstream shipper raced evenly there in a two-turn turf race Jan. 13. Race was his first facing winners and first in almost two months. Nicely spotted here and a win candidate.