Top pick: #3 (JUST BECAUSE) (3-1) - Grey gelding showed good early before tiring racing for a $40K tag on Jan. 25. Claimed that day by John Sadler, he has him working very fast for this, including a bullet half-mile breeze just five days ago. Barn does great work fresh off the claim (35%) and this 4-year-old is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Warren's Wesley) (5-2) - He returns from almost a year's layoff and when last in action he finished second here racing for a $30K tag. Warren home-bred is working fast for his return and is a win candidate.
3rd pick: #8 (Run Charlie Run) (3-1) - Colt has picked up minor awards in three of his seven races here and gets a big rider change from apprentice Evans to Marty Pedroza. One-run type must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #6 (Joe Hardoon) (9-2) - He has a bit of speed and will take a big drop in price for this attempt. Price play should be involved from start to finish.