Top pick: #3 (MR. UNIVERSE) - Home-bred hasn't raced since facing tougher last year at Saratoga and Belmont after breaking his maiden. Good layoff barn (Jim Jerkens) has him working fast with a "bullet" here on June 8 that says he's ready to roll.
2nd pick: #1 (Missile ) - He's won two in a row, both in wire-to-wire fashion, one each on turf and dirt. Continues to improve and he's the speed on the rail. His present form is very sharp.
3rd pick: #5 (Dr. Powderly) - He put it all together last out breaking his maiden in easy style in late April on this surface. Freshened-up since the win by his trainer (Rick Violette), he's worked three times in the last twenty days and should be sharp in his first against winners.