Top pick: #7 (RED PIRATE) (6-1) - Price play goes third back off a 12 1/2 month layoff and showed much improved speed in his second off the long layoff. Trainer Sarina Obergfell drops him back down and stretches him out in distance. Gelding can take this at a square price.
2nd pick: #6 (Rio Cuchara) (5-1) - Lightly-raced 4-year-old is getting better with each start since returning from a 12 1/2 month layoff on Jan. 9. He was beaten less than a length last out and it came with blinkers added.
3rd pick: #1 (De Angelo) (5-2) - Lightly raced and well-bred 3-year-old has won two in a row here and looked sharp last out when going wire-to-wire at this tag and trip on Feb. 23. Has the rail and should be involved from start-to-finish despite facing a tougher field.
4th pick: #4 (Enuff Bull) (9-2) - He's in career best form and last out ran the best "figure" in his 15th lifetime start. Very strong finisher should get a fast/and or contested pace to rally into.