Top pick: #5 (TOP THE PODIUM) - In career best form at present, since coming here from Woodbine and switching to real dirt and getting a new trainer (Scott Lake), he's gone (5-2-1-1) and last out was an impressive winner on a sloppy track. Stalker is nicely spotted, and if all go that are entered, he'll get a nice pace set-up.
2nd pick: #1 (Spicy Salsa) - Price play is (7-2-1-2) locally and last out finished close up despite being forced to rally while 7-wide. Has the rail, a solid closing kick, and he's won on an "off" surface in the past.
3rd pick: #2 (Awesome Arceno) - New York shipper is from the always dangerous barn of Rick Dutrow and brings jockey Junior Alvarado with him. Freshened up for the past eight weeks, he's training well and Dutrow wins at a 27% rate off of layoffs of this length.