Top pick: #3 (BEHOLDER) (3-1) - Last year's 2-year-old filly champ takes on older runners for the first time in this spot. Speed/stalker has a great record on this surface (5-4-1-0) and in her last local appearance at the "Santa Anita Oaks"(G1) in early April. Walking fast for this attempt and she can take this with her best.
2nd pick: #7 (Joyful Victory) (2-1) - Hard-hitting mare has won $1.2m and is 3-for-4 in 2013. Speedy veteran won the G1 "Santa Margarita" here on March 16th and earned a career best "figure" in the process. Working fast and she'd be no surprise.
3rd pick: #4 (Include Me Out) (5-1) - She's nearing the $1M mark in earnings and has done some fine work here in the past 7-3-1-2. She finished third in last year's edition of this stakes and was only a 1/2 length back of "Victory" that afternoon. Don't just dismiss.
4th pick: #8 (More Chocolate) (5-1) - She finished a distant second to "Victory" here last March in the "Santa Margarita" and this lightly raced filly could grab a small share at a square price if she can avoid a wide trip from this outside post.