Top pick: #5 (LUCKY REVIVAL) - Veteran mare loves this surface (6-3-3-0) and runs second off a 75-day layoff this afternoon. Speed/stalker is in the leading trainer's barn (Bruce Levine) and she finished a strong second in her return race. The top selection.
2nd pick: #2 (Tarheel Girl) - Very sharp at present, and she's really picked it up since trainer Phil Oliver moved her from the turf to the dirt. Player at a square price.
3rd pick: #1 (Splendid Solution) - She ran well here in '08 (3-2-1-0), but recently returned from a very long break (10 1/2 months). Comebacker was just a prep, sprinting on the grass, and she gets serious today moving back to the dirt and going long.