Top pick: #5 (EQUITANA) - Brazilian-bred has been freshened-up for almost two months by trainer A.C. Avila after she ran "rank" and tired badly after establishing a long lead racing in a stakes here at this distance on Jan. 21. Mare won some important stakes in her native country and defeated males several times. 5-year-old has a new rider today and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Capital Plan) - Lightly-raced filly by "Rock Hard Ten" ships down from Golden Gate Fields where she finished a pace-setting second as a heavy favorite racing there in an allowance Feb. 10. 4-year-old moves back to the grass and she was a winner here on this course on Oct. 21 going 10 furlongs. Contends today.