Top pick: #7 (TURFISTE) - The class of the field he was a stakes performer at one time and will drop to the bottom this afternoon. Five-year-old raced evenly in a pair of starts facing tougher this past winter at Gulfstream and has a solid slate on synthetic surfaces (5-2-1-2). The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Son of Tiger) - Very consistent gelding has been competitive in eight of his last nine starts (all on the dirt), but hasn't done well on this surface in the past. Tough call, but he's too sharp to ignore.
3rd pick: #6 (Apache Storm) - He's won two in a row racing on the Hawthorne dirt and can factor against this group if he brings that form to this surface.