Top pick: #5 (BEACH FEVER) (4-1) - He's one of two entered by leading trainer Bob Diodoro and the pair race uncoupled. Gelding rushed up following a slow start in his local debut on Feb. 6 and tired to check in third as a very heavy favorite. He's worked well since and the barn adds blinkers (a strong 38% winning angle for Diodoro).
2nd pick: #6 (Nevada Time) (7-2) - Lightly-raced gelding makes his local debut after arriving from So. California. He just missed on Dec. 20 racing at Los Alamitos, then lost all chance last out when he bobbled at the start Jan 25 at Santa An1ta.
3rd pick: #2 (Ride On) (5-2) - The second of the Diodoro pair, gelding is making his debut off of some solid local drills. He's already 5-years-old so there must have been some serious physical setbacks along the way. He cost $200K back in 2011 and was bred to be a good horse.