Top pick: #9 (HEAT THE ROCKS) (7-2) - Filly enters off a second-place finish here in a $200K turf stakes on Jan. 24. It was her first since Dec. 7 when she missed by a 1/2 length in a $200K stakes on the Los Al dirt. Capable sprinting and she gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #8 (Easter Fever) (5-1) - Speed/stalker has done well here in the past 4-1-2-0 and she finished second here at this level and distance Jan. 29. Consistent sort should be involved from start to finish.
3rd pick: #7 (Sheer Pleasure) (6-1) - Lightly raced, she rallied to finish fourth in the same grass stakes that saw "Heat on the Rocks" finish second. Only two back of her that afternoon, she had won her previous dirt sprint at Los Alamitos.
4th pick: #6 (Alwazabridesmaid) (6-1) - From the same barn (Jerry Hollendorfer) as "Heat the Rocks," she won her debut here on Feb. 5. Speedy sort finished the race in slow time, but she's been working fast and has room for upside.