Top pick: #2 (FLOATING FEATHER) - Gelding has a total of five career wins facing weaker and moves up in class following a solid second-place finish on this surface racing for a $25K tag on May 5th. Effort came in his first off a Ted West claim and 4-year-old has since come back with a pair of fine works. Can "upset" this crew at a square price.
2nd pick: #7 (The Black) - Colt ships back from Churchill wher he set a pressure pace before tiring on a sloppy track in the (G3) Derby trial on April 28th. In the same barn as "I'll Have Another", he finished second here when he was still a maiden in his only previous race on this all-weather surface.
3rd pick: #4 (Valentine Boy) - Improving and lightly raced, he won a stakes race for maiden Cal-bred here April 28th, his first start since a narrow loss at Del mar in late July. 3-year-old has three works since that initial victory and has plenty of room for upside.