Top pick: #2 (ROUST ' EM BERTIE) (9-2) - Price play runs third back after a pair of layoffs and will be stretching back out after finishing fourth last out going "down the hill" facing Cal.-bred special weights on Feb. 24. Trainer Mike Puype has worked her three times since and I like her prospects.
2nd pick: #7 (Corinthian Melody) (5-2) - The probable favotite, fill is improving and will be stretching out after a pair of competitive efforts going "down the hill." Trainer Mike Pender drops her into a claimer for the first time and I almost made her the top choice.
3rd pick: #10 (Suncadia) (8-1) - Very speedy filly ships back from Golden Gate Fields where she tired in a pair of starts going a mile on the "poly" there. Good barn (Jeff Bonde) drops her into a claimer amd moves her back to the grass.
4th pick: #9 (Chestnut Moon) (8-1) - Filly was competitive two back on this surface at this trip, but tired last out in a contest that was switched to the main track. 4-year-old can grab a share with her best.
5th pick: #8 (Firmly) (10-1) - Debuting daughter of "Rock Hard Ten" has a steady work tab on view and comes from an under-rated small barn (Janet Armstrong). Don't just ignore.