Top pick: #4 (TOUGH TO CATCH) (9-2) - Lightly-raced gelding raced very wide while finishing third here at this tag and trip on Jan. 5. Solid effort and this 4-year-old by "Alphabet Soup" draws a much better starting slot this afternoon.
2nd pick: #6 (Giant Panda) (3-1) - Lightly raced, he ran fourth in his latest and a good barn (Angel Silva) has worked his since. One-run type is in the three horse win mix.
3rd pick: #8 (Da Mick) (5-1) - He defeated "Panda" two back, but then raced evenly in his latest. Veteran maiden draws a nice outside post for this distance and should factor in this spot.
4th pick: #1 (Mr Trendy) (10-1) - Longshot has the rail and has picked-up small slice in 5-of-15 local dirt starts. With a patient ground saving ride he can get a minor award at a big price.