Top pick: #7 (TEDBETHEWON) (7-5) - Speed/stalker is taking a drop in class for this attempt. Once classier type is stringing starts together since returning from an 11 month layoff on Oct. 1. He draws outside of the pace types and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Ohboyohboyohboy) (10-1) - Price play is racing second back from a layoff and dropping a bit in class. He tired in his return outing facing tougher on a muddy track Jan. 13. He's lightly raced, has early speed, and can factor at long odds.
3rd pick: #2 (Da Wiki Wiki) (4-1) - Golden Gate invader has a new trainer (Jose Silva) and he's racing on real dirt after tiring in a pair there on the Tapeta surface. Gelding has early speed, breaks just off the rail, and it's of interest that Scott Stevens is aboard.
4th pick: #5 (Binky Hollow) (8-1) - Well bred and lightly raced, he comes off an easy wire-to-wire maiden win here Dec. 30. He exploded from the gate that day and is conservatively spotted in his first facing winners.