Top pick: #3 (IRON BULL) - Just missed in his last when he came flying home into a slow pace but fell a "nose" short. Working fine since, he's in a winning barn (Chris Grove 20%) and the rider (Gerard Acosta) makes the trip in with the horse.
2nd pick: #6 (Love That Pop) - Moves up from a pair of $40,000 claimers to try MSW competition in start number three. Both of those races had runaway winners, so this isn't that big a move up. Trainer (Ned Allard) is a sharp one.