Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #1 (HEBER) (5-2) - Speedy sort is dropping in class, breaks from the rail, and trainer Don Schell removes this gelding's blinkers after a failed one race experiment. A stakes winner in western Canada in early September, he's the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #6 (Rincon) (6-1) - Cal bred tired in a $35K sprint stakes here Dec 26. It was his first after coming from the So. California circuit and he worked a bullet half-mile Dec 21. Dangerous and at a square price.
3rd pick: #5 (The Canary Lived) (8-1) - Lasix is added for busy gelding that ships here from Golden Gate Fields. Stalker is dropping in class and moving from the synthetic Tapeta surface to conventional dirt.
4th pick: #4 (Scrap Iron) (10-1) - Very lightly raced, he won his local debut Dec 15. Arizona bred defeated $10K open company that afternoon and has plenty of room for upside. He may grab a share of this at a big price.