Top pick: #3 (MOTHER RUTH) - Hard hitter is a dirt specialist (9-4-2-1) and has beaten bette fields than she races against in this spot. Speed/stalker is three for three at this trip, is working fast for her first since Jan. 30, and her flexible style gives her the edge. The top pick, she's one of a pair from trainer Bob Baffert and they'll race as separate interests.
2nd pick: #5 (Gilded Gem) - The second of the Baffert duo has exchanged decisions with her barn-mate in the past and has finished second in three straight since switching to conventional dirt. Stalker draws a good post, continues working fast, and is a win candidate.