Top pick: #6 (BELIEVE TOO) - He ships back from Golden Gate Fields where he tired after being involved in a pace-duel facing tougher on Feb. 21. It was his first facing winners since a sharp maiden win on Jan. 2. Trainer Rich Baltas drops him down while moving him back onto conventional dirt. Baltas has his 'go to' jockey Raf Bejarano aboard and the pair wins at a 29% rate when teamed up.
2nd pick: #1 (Great Lou) - New gelding is taking a big drop in class in his first since Feb. 5. Speed/stalker is 2-for-3 at this distance with one of those wins coming here. A strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #5 (I'm Popeye) - He's 2-of-3 overall and rallied to win here at this trip on Feb. 26 racing for a $20K tag. He's worked well since and the figure earned last fits with these. Stretch threat.