Top pick: #6 (ELITE'S DREAM) (5-2) - He's finished second in two straight here at this level and distance and has improved noticeably since switching to the grass. The horse to beat, but reverse your exactas.
2nd pick: #5 (Mentalize) (8-1) - Longshot tired while racing wide on the dirt in his local debut on Feb. 10. He's worked weel since and trainer Jared Brown will move him to the grass and stretch him out in distance.
3rd pick: #3 (Tale Spinner) (3-1) - He exits the same last race as "Elite" and he held gamely to finish third after setting a pressured pace. Less than a length off of that rival on the wire and he has a bullet half-mile work on Feb. 19.
4th pick: #9 (Devils Saint) (9-2) - Improving colt comes off a career best whe he set the pace and finished third in a dirt sprint facing weaker on Feb. 23. He'll move up in price, stretch out in distance, and try the grass for the first time.
5th pick: #8 (Cee's Treasure) (10-1) - He exits the same dirt sprint as "Devil" and ran an even fourth while 4 1/2 back of that foe. Well-bred and in a good bacrn, he can factor at a big price.