Top pick: #6 (SONG AHEAD) (8-1) - Competitive sort was an easy gate-to-wire winner here at this tag to clear the 3l condition on June 5th. It was a career best and his first ever on a synthetic surface. Can take another at a square price.
2nd pick: #8 (Secretsofthemind) (5-1) - Gelding by "Freud" was another that went wire-to-wire at this pricetag as he cleared the 3l condition just nine days ago. It was his first start since late Sept. and ran his local record to 7-2-2-0. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Hucks Party) (4-1) - Lightly-raced 5-year-old has gone 5-2-0-1 here in the past and was only beaten a length racing at this level on June 15th. The cutback of a furlong is in his favor and speed/stalker draws a nice post.
4th pick: #1 (Space Runner) (5-2) - Cal.-bred was sold following a maiden win on the Santa Anita dirt on June 7th. He has a fine record on synthetics (7-2-2-0) and is a threat from off the pace in his local debut.