Top pick: #5 (POSITIVE PITCH) - Speedy filly returns from a 5 1/2 month layoff and for a new trainer (Bruce Levine). She showed some good speed in a pair of starts last summer at the Spa. and is working well for her come-backer. Levine wins at a 30% rate with new arrivals to his barn. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (La Belle Gabrielle) - Blinkers go on filly who finished second last out at this level and distance. That was an improved showing off her debut and she's a logical use in the exactas.
3rd pick: #9 (Nina's Spirit) - Daughter of "Gold Token" cuts-back in yardage after a pair of decent tries going long. May rally for a share of the exotics.