Top pick: #5 (LATE NIGHT SKY) - Gelding has been competitive in 6 of his 7 grass starts and broke his maiden as a heavy favorite late in the Santa Anita meet at this mile distance. Trainer Kathy Walsh has freshened him up since and speed/stalker is nicely spotted in his first facing winners. This is a weak field for the tag and 3yo is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Take No prisoners) - Well-bred gelding won two of his last three starts when in the Baffert barn and runs today off a negative barn switch via a claim. Taken for $12.5K on April 14th, new barn has had him freshening up for 7 weeks and will move him to the grass and stretch him out in distance.
3rd pick: #6 (Trucial State) - Colt broke his maiden at Santa Anita March 15th and then finished a close-up 4th in a small field (5) facing a bit tougher than these in his first facing winners on April 12th. Freshened-up since then, trainer John Sadler has worked him 6 times in the past 5 weeks.