Top pick: #7 (UNSTOPER TOPPER) - Price play raced evenly last out in a contest common to several others and moves out in the gate abit after racing on the inside in traffic last out. Grey gelding can stalk the speed and win this turning for home at a nice price.
2nd pick: #1 (Goodbye Charlie) - Speedy sort runs third back off a 7 1/2 month layoff and trainer Dan McFarland will switch him from the turf to the dirt. Home-bred showed good early speed last out before tiring and is brought back quickly for this (two weeks).
3rd pick: #3 (Red Tesla) - Rare Baffert claim, he took this colt for $50K out of his debut in July of 2010. He did not race again for nine months and and raced evenly in a trio of starts in 2011. On the shelf again for eight months, he's training well for this, including an excellet drill at this 6-furlong distance on Feb. 18.