Top pick: #9 (BAJA CAL) (6-1) - Price play has been freshened up since late Nov. and is training very fast locally for this attempt. Blinkers are added by a capable small barn (Vic Garcia) and this grey gelding draws a nice outside post at this trip.
2nd pick: #8 (Bio Pro) (9-5) - The probable favorite, he rallied to finish second last out at this distance racing for $30K at Hollywood on Dec. 7. His previous pair on this surface were poor, but he had trouble in both. 5-year-old was sharp at Fairplex, so you know he can handle real dirt.
3rd pick: #2 (Lethal Intent) (6-1) - This is start #21 and he's only hit the exacta once. He has some closing punch and he was competitive at Fairloex last fall on the dirt. Stretch threat at a square price.
5th pick: #5 (On Holy Ground) (8-1) - He'll cut back to a distane that he likes and this grey gelding by "Alphabet Soup" is capable of grabbing a slice of this at a nice price.