Top pick: #9 (RACING HOPE) (4-1) - Speed/stalker raced very wide while finishing fourth here at this level going 6-furlongs. She had finished second in her previous start at Los Alamitos and enters this off a sharp half-mile breeze on Feb. 8th. Gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #5 (Gold Journey) (5-2) - The probable favorite, speedy sort is working fast at Los Alamitos for her first since Nov. 20th at Del Mar. Her best by far came here at this level and distance on Oct. 30th when she finished second of 11. A strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #8 (Bert's Baby) (6-1) - 'Bert' is very lightly raced and is dropping into a claimer for the first time. She's moving from turf to dirt and shortening up in distance. Daughter of 'Bertrando' ran third on the Los Alamitos dirt when debuting against tougher on Dec. 5th. She should be a strong factor this afternoon.
4th pick: #7 (Behest) (9-2) - One of four fillies making their debuts, she's been in steady training since early Nov. The works are mostly about average, but she's in a good barn (Phil D'Amato) and need not be much to impact against this group.