Top pick: #6 (RELENTLESS HEAT) - Following a pair of even efforts in his first two starts, this 5-year-old has gone (7-2-4-1) and missed by a nose in a $72K stakes in late April at Hollywood park. Unraced since then, he's working fine and was sharp last winter at Santa Anita on real dirt. Takes this if ready.
2nd pick: #5 (OBSESS) - He has a bit of "hang" in him, but has finished second in both local starts and that's a big plus on this tiny surface. Stalker comes north from Del mar in shape and is clearly a better animal when racing on conventional dirt. Win candidate.