Top pick: #3 (Catching Freedom) (6-1) - Flavien Prat will ride Catching Freedom, a horse that is primed for distance, a strong closer. Catching Freedom last ran at this distance two races ago, winning the Louisiana Derby. In six races, this horse has won three times along with finishing fourth (rallying from 15th) in the Kentucky Derby behind Mystic Dan and Sierra Leone - two horses that won't be in this one.
2nd pick: #9 (Imagination) (6-1) - Bob Baffert's Imagination has been first or second in six races. This horse has excellent speed and getting slowly stretched out hasn't been a factor, winning the 1 1/6-mile San Felipe Stakes along with a second-place finish the last time out at the Santa Anita Derby in a close finish.
3rd pick: #8 (Tuscan Gold) (8-1) - This Chad Brown 3-year-old colt has had almost two months off to prepare. Tuscan Gold won a maiden special weight at this distance in January then finished third in the Louisiana Derby losing out to Catching Freedom.