Top pick: #7 (DEL MAR SUNSET) (5-2) - Colt stretches out in distance for his first race since Feb. 16. Son of "Candy Ride" has shown fine early speed in his first pair going 7 furlongs and has finished second and third. Training fast for his return and trainer Bob Baffert wins at a 28% rate on the distance increase.
2nd pick: #2 (Master Appeal) (9-5) - The probable favorite, he's finished second in both starts on this surface going shorter and last out he split a pair of highly thought of 3-year-olds. Working nicely for this and he's an obvious win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Airfoil) (4-1) - He rallied from far back to finish third when debuting on March 2nd and was almost 5 back of "Appeal" on the wire. Working fast since and he's bred to like this longer trip. Price play.
4th pick: #6 (Smokin Bernie) (5-1) - He's from the same barn (Bob Baffert) as "Sunset" and is working very fast for his debut. Home-bred by "Bernardini" makes his first start at a tough distance and this field is a "deep" one on paper.