Top pick: #3 (BIG CAZANOVA) (9-5) - Argentine import has spent most of his career facing winners and finished a close up third here facing allowance-$40k Optional claimers when making his North American debut April 6. He's worked twice since, and is in against fellow maidens for the first time.
2nd pick: #4 (Sammy Mandeville) (7-2) - Colt by "Rock Hard Ten" rallied from far back to check in fourth of 12, beaten almost four lengths debuting here going "down the hill" April 5. He's worked fast since, trainer Doug O'Neill stretches him out in distance, and Bejarano is aboard today.
3rd pick: #1 (Dublin Up) (5-2) - From the same barn (Pete Miller) as "Cazanova," improving colt exits the "Santa Anita Derby" (G1) where he finished a respectable fourth on April 5. Well-bred colt has the rail, early speed, and is trying the grass for the first time.
4th pick: #2 (Pantera Rojo) (4-1) - Home-bred missed by a "neck" racing here at this level and distance March 20. He has early speed, has worked fine since, and must be left in the mix.