Top pick: #3 (BREZING RAIN) - Mare tries hard each time out and won here in late Dec. racing for $16,000 and was claimed that day by Bill Cowan. He raised her to this level three weeks later and she finished a pace-pressing second in a race where the 3rd finisher returned to win next out. She sits outside of her main foes and can upset Southern Truth with her best effort.
2nd pick: #2 (Southern Truth) - The probable heavy favorite is an accomplished stakes performer and runs today off a three month layoff and in a claiming race for the first time. Obvious win candidate with leading rider Centeno aboard.