Top pick: #3 (TIZ CHROME) - Undefeated runner from the barn of Bob Baffert has easily won his first pair, the latest being the "Stuka" stakes at Hollywood Park on Dec. 19. Working fast on this surface for his three-year-old debut he, like several other entered will be trying a two-turn race for the first time. The top selection.
2nd pick: #1 (Macias) - This talented colt also hails from the Baffert barn and is a stakes winner on this surface and also on the local turf. Working fast and he draws the rail. Has a big shot at beating his barn-mate.
3rd pick: #6 (American Lion) - He won the "Hollywood Prevue" (G3) in his west coast debut and he hasn't raced since that Nov. 21 race. Another who's working swiftly and another who'll be trying two-turns for the first time.