Top pick: #7 (BRANDY COCKTAIL) (12-1) - Longshot has raced evenly here in a pair of sprints at this tag and trainer Bob Diodoro will send him around two-turns in his 3rd back from a 10 1/2 month layoff. Has a shot in a bad race at a big price.
2nd pick: #5 (Gabe's Gold) (7-2) - The type that rarely tires and he's gone (6-0-2-1) on the local dirt since coming here from New Mexico in October. Stretch threat.
3rd pick: #1 (Harlan's Weekend) (3-1) - Golde Gate invader is lightly raced and runs off a trainer change to Jared Brown. Has the rail and this probably the weakest field he's ever faced.
4th pick: #4 (Braziliano) (8-1) - Long time maiden has some speed and has gone (14-0-3-3) on this surface. Can grab a small slice, but a win seems a bit of a stretch.
5th pick: #2 (Giant Panda) (9-2) - Much like "Brandy", he's stretching out off of even efforts sprinting and is from a dangerous barn (Angel Silva).