Top pick: #1 (ISN'T HE CLEVER) - Price play is (4-3-1-0) overall and ships here from Sunland Park wher he was a 12 length winner in the $104K Riley Allison Futurity on Dec. 30. Stalker is working fast for this, draws the rail, and from a "figure" stand-point, the one earned last out is the best any of these has ever run.
2nd pick: #2 (Liaison) - One of a pair from trainer Bob Baffert, he's won three in a row and was an impressive maiden winner on this surface last October in his only previous race on real dirt. Working fast locally and a win candidate.
3rd pick: #6 (Rousing Sermon) - He won the Cal Cup Juvenile here at this trip in late October and followed that up with a pair of heartbreaking defeats in rich stakes at Hollywood Park. Strong finisher should het a lively pace to rally into. Win candidate.