Top pick: #6 (PIRATE'S DARE) (5-1) - Price play has excellent early speed and catches a field where he may be able to clear early and hang on late. Cal.-bred can takes this at 5-1 or better.
2nd pick: #5 (Chase Man) (9-5) - The probable heavy favorite, he rallied to finish second on March 23rd when trainer Dan Morgan added blinkers for the first time. An obvious win candidate at a short price.
3rd pick: #2 (Dirty Diamond Jim) (10-1) - One of three debuting runners and he has a pair of solid gate breezes showing for veteran Stan Hartman.
4th pick: #7 (Righteous Cause) (6-1) - Another of the debuting trio, he has a half-dozen published drills since late Feb., and they include a bullet 3-furlong breeze March 5th that indicates speed is present.