Top pick: #3 (ABRA) (7-5) - Darley Stable home-bred has sharp early speed and last out he tired facing special weights on March 9th in his first race in a year. The McLaughlin barn drops him into a claimer and has him making back-to-back starts, both for the first time.
2nd pick: #5 (Deterrent) (9-5) - Colt comes off a career best when he chased and weakened to finish third at this tag and trip on Feb. 28. The race was his first off a seven week break and he's working sharply since. Win candidate in what is a two-horse race on paper.
3rd pick: #1 (Fairy Snow) (15-1) - Price play rushed up to set the pace before tiring to finish third facing much weaker when debuting on March 20th. Claimed that day for $12.5K by trainer Randi Persaud, he moves him up in price and brings him back quickly (16 days).