Top pick: #3 (MINX) (4-1) - Price play ships up from Gulfstream off a career best when she finished second there facing weaker on March 16th. Grey daughter of "Tapit" has improved noticeably since switching to the grass and is working well at Belmont since shipping north.
2nd pick: #2 (Tokyo Time) (2-1) - Stakes-placed and lightly raced, home-bred raced evenly in a small stakes Jan. 1 at Gulfstream Park. Filly by "Medaglia d'Oro" has been working well at Payson Park before shipping north and is an obvious win candidate at a short price.
3rd pick: #4 (Balashkova) (9-5) - French-bred filly has gone 7-1-2-0 in her native country and has a new trainer (Chad Brown 27% with new arrivals). She has early speed and spent the winter working at Palm Meadows for her first since Oct. 28. Four-year-old races with lasix for the first time and must be left in the three-horse win mix.