Top pick: #3 (ROCKIN BOOGIE) - Grey colt by "Rockport Harbor" has run well in all three starts and is working especially fast for his first race since Nov. 24. $200,000 yearling purchase meets a field of mostly unraced runners and the trainer/jockey of Levine/Dominguez wins at a solid 29% rtae over the past 18 months.
2nd pick: #2 (Hardened Wildcat) - Bet down to favoritism in his debut, gelding from the first crop of "Hard Spun" showed good speed while racing wide after breaking from an outside post. Moves to the rail and trainer Chad Brown has workked him 5 times since Dec. 3, and all of the drills are above average. The likely winner if the top pick fails.