Top pick: #3 (VALID SUM) - Son of "Street Cry" finished an even fourth in his debut despite having some traffic issues. Training well since, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will send him long today. Trainer is sharp second time out (27%) and also on the distance increase (28%). The pick.
2nd pick: #2 (Twisted Dream) - Son of "Distorted Humor" was away slowly in his debut racing on the turf at Gulfstream. Sent north by trainer Todd Pletcher after that Jan. 28 run, he's training sharply on the Belmont training track dirt for this. Win candidate from the rail.
3rd pick: #7 (Bindle Stick) - Continues to run the same type of race, settling far back and making a bit of headway late. Sharp work on March 7, indicates he may run a little better.