Top pick: #8 (ESTRELLA D'ORO) - He's been a bit dull of late, but gets an important trainer up-grade to Angel Silva for this attempt. New conditioner improves just about everything that comes his way and he wins at a 24% rtae with new arrivals. 5-year-old gelding is brought back in two weeks for this and he meets a very weak field. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Just For Jami) - The probable favorite, Cal-bred is (3-0-2-1) since March 5th and they've all come at this price going a mile. Home-bred cuts back in distance and has enough speed to be in this from start to finish.
3rd pick: #3 (Sky Avenger) - Debuting gelding by "Red Sky" has a two month gap in his works, but has nine published drills since returning to training on Feb. 11. The latest move, a solid 4-furlong gate breeze on April 24th indicates he's ready.