Top pick: #3 (ONE'S OWN ACCORD) - Drops out of an allowance and goes turf to dirt for the red hot barn of Mike Chambers. Gelding likes this distance (7-1-5-0) and has run well on the dirt facing tougher in the past. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Sandyneck) - Veteran gelding looks for a 22nd career win this afternoon and 11 of those have come at this distance. Very sharp now, he won his last on the turf racing at this level and he brings solid speed/stalking ability to the contest. Should be in this from start to finish.
3rd pick: #7 (Warren's Jack V.) - Only a nose in back of Sandyneck last out and this 5yo won a pair of stakes at Yavapai Downs this past summer. Has no early speed and draws a tough post. Needs a fast pace to help his style out.