Top pick: #3 (RELENTLESS HEAT) - Lightly raced and improving 5-year-old gelding by "Unusual Heat" was a maiden winner here going "Down the Hill" facing Cal-bred special weights on Feb. 20 in his second back off a 10 month layoff. He's worked since and trainer Pete Eurton will stretch him out a bit in his first facing winners.
2nd pick: #6 (Confucius Junior) - Colt raced evenly going "Down the Hill" on Feb. 11 in his only his second since last April and trainer Bob Hess Jr. stretches him out a bit today. That effort was his first ever on the grass and it's a surface he was bred to love being by turf champ "Kitten's Joy". Win candidate.
3rd pick: #7 (Joburg Star) - Speedy gelding moves way up in class, stretches-out for the first time, and goes turf to dirt off an impressive maiden win here sprinting on the dirt Feb. 11. By far his best yet, and he must be left in the mix.