Top pick: #7 (MY PAL ARIANA) (9-2) - Barn (Kristen Mulhall) won a pair here yesterday and she has this Gulfstream shipper nicely spotted for her local debut. Filly has shown ability on both turf and "poly" and has a trio of fine local works showing. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #10 (Bluegrass Ellie) (6-1) - Win candidate, speed/stalker is racing back into shape following a seven month layoff and draws a nice post this afternoon. Could take this if the top pick isn't ready.
3rd pick: #5 (Mezzanotte) (5-1) - She takes the big drop into maiden claimers for the first time and she has a pair of solid local half-mile works showing.
4th pick: #2 (Tiz Anna) (7-2) - Speed/stalker comes off a career best when she finished second at this tag on the Santa Anita dirt on April 11th. She's run well here in the past and must be left in the mix.
5th pick: #12 (Commander Cloud) (12-1) - Longshot has a good outside post, drops to a new low in price, and she finished second here 11 months ago in her only previous local try.