Top pick: #3 (MACHO DORADO) - Gret gelding moves back to a "poly" course following a pair of even efforts racing on the Santa Anita turf course. Three-year-old by "Macho Uno" has four lifetime wins (all on synthetic surfaces) and he's 1-for-1 locally. He has a bullet half-mile breeze at Santa Anita eight days ago and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Afleet Deal) - Claimed late in the Del Mar meet for $16K, he raced evenly three weeks later at Fairplex and has been freshened-up since by his new trainer (Bobby Wayne Grayson). Veteran gelding loves this surface (8-3-2-1), has more speed than most entered and is a win candidate.