Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #4 (BOURBON STREET BOY) (5-1) - Price play drops in class following a much improved effort here Dec 13. Gelding raced both wide and evenly that afternoon facing tougher in his third back from almost a 6-month absence. He has a big shot at a square price.
2nd pick: #5 (Poppin Tags) (7-2) - Un-raced since March 19. he's training steadily for his return. 4yo is in the barn of leading trainer Bob Diodoro and he drops him in class this afternoon. Strong finisher broke his maiden on the local dirt Dec 30 of 2015 and he's a threat if ready. Diodoro wins at a 32% clip of of lengthy absences.
3rd pick: #3 (Gee Force) (8-1) - Idaho bred has been freshened up since Oct 15. He was competitive in three of four at Zia Park facing tougher during the fall and has run well here 3-1-1-0 in the past.
4th pick: #6 (Please Be Me) (7-2) - He's moving up in class after winning his debut Dec 17 facing a much weaker field. However, the figure earned fits well with this group and it's leading rider Scott Stevens teaming with trainer Eric Kruljac (7 for 10 {70%}) at the meet.