Top pick: #1 (NIGHT BADGER) - He set a fast pace and held on stubbornly to finish second, beaten a 1/2 length. Race was at this condition and was his first on the all weather surface. Colt is working very fast for his first in 6 weeks and he draws the rail. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (M Two Forty) - Debuting colt is an uncoupled barn-mate of "Badger" and this 4-year-old is working very fast at trainer Bruce Headley's main-base of Santa Anita. Home-bred colt can win this if he runs to his AM drills.
3rd pick: #8 (Bringonthewain) - He was away slowly last out in a grass sprint and was never really involved. That broke up a string of five solid efforts in a row and gelding is a threat if he takes to this surface, which he's trying for the first time.