Top pick: #2 (THUNDER PRINCESS) - Nice effort last out sdaw her race close-up through-out and rally to finish 2nd. Effort was at this price and daughter of "Thunder Gulch" meets another weak group. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Blazing Arches) - Dangerous rival was heavily backed in her debut at Laurel on Dec 1st, but tired badly to finish 5th of 7, beaten 18 lengths. Trainer George Weaver has given her almost 2 months tp recover and will stretch her out in distance with Dominguez aboard.
3rd pick: #5 (Lemme) - Filly by "Lemon Drop Kid" continues to race evenly and was 9 back of "Princess" last out. As mentioned above, this field is very weak and this home-bred can factor at a nice price.