Top pick: #3 (TORI'S GUY) (3-1) - Gelding enters off a solid second-place finish here at this level and distance May 25. Stretch runner is in the high energy Ness barn and has leading rider Tony Gallardo aboard. The trainer/jockey combo has won with 73 of 235 over the past 17 1/2 months for a 31% win rate.
2nd pick: #2 (Ptolemaic) (5-2) - He has a lot of back class to call upon and is dropping down a bit in his third off a two month layoff. The last (and only) time he raced at this $5,000 claiming price, he won by over 6-lengths on the Tampa dirt March 20. A strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #1 (Alex's Vision) (7-2) - Gelding rallied mildly to finish foruth, 3-lengths behind 'Tori's Guy' May 28. Veteran was racing off an 8-week freshening and on a synthetic surface for the first time. Eight-year-old still likes to compete and went 11-2-4-2 in 2014. Stretch threat.
4th pick: #4 (Bowdrie) (5-1) - Stretch-out sprinter is racing back into shape following a four month layoff. One-run type ran evenly here at this level going 5.5-furlongs May 20. Looks set for a competitive effort.