Top pick: #7 (SMART HOMBRE) - Gelding set a pressured pace and held gamely to finish third of 13, beaten a 1/2 length racing at this price going 6.5 furlongs Jan. 22. Effort was a career best and came off a 52-day freshening. Four-year-old home-bred by "Smart Strike" looks all set to get his maiden win this afternoon.
2nd pick: #4 (Lincecum) - Has some speed and last out he tired slightly to finish 3rd racing here at this tag on Jan. 29. Four-year-old has a near bullet 5-furlong work on Feb. 7 and looks set for another sharp try.
3rd pick: #6 (Cheers to Boogie) - He raced evenly while between horses last out and finished 6th of 11, beaten just over 4 lengths. Five-year-old gleding had finished second in his previous pair and trainer Patty Gallagher has worked him three times since. Factors in this spot.