Top pick: #8 (SNEAKY FREUD) (7-2) - Speedy colt from the Pletcher barn will be stretching out around two-turns and racing on the grass, both for the first time. Bred for the surface, he's been competitive in five of his six starts and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Ultimate Empire) (3-1) - West Point Thoroughbred runner has been competitive in all five starts and finished a pace-setting fourth here in late Nov. in his only previous grass race. Son of "Utopia" should be involved from start-to-finish.
3rd pick: #2 (Infiltrator) (5-1) - Gelding cost $125K and this son of "Langfuhr" has turf written all over him. He ran wide and evenly when debuting in a dirt sprint on Jan. 26 and is working fast for this stretch-out attempt. Win candidate.
4th pick: #9 (Ask About Me) (10-1) - Colt has some early speed and was competitive when debuting facing open company on the Gulfstream grass on Dec. 6. Freshened up since Feb. 10, he could factor at a square price with his best.
5th pick: #12 (Seljuk) (30-1) - He showed nothing in a dirt sprint at this level on Feb. 24, but it was his first since late May when he showed some talent racing on the grass.