Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #8 (REAL MONEY) (7-2) - A $675,000 son of 'Real Solution', he's racing for the first time since early November. Speedy sort finished third in both starts facing fellow maidens during the fall and spent the winter training at the Camden facility in So. Carolina. He enters off a pair of sharp half-mile local works and trainer Mark Casse has John Velazquez aboard.
2nd pick: #1 (Sayyaaf) (5-2) - One of two entered by Chad Brown and the pair race as separate betting interests. Shadwell home bred finished a pace-setting/pressing third when debuting in a dirt sprint at Gulfstream park March 16. Brown (31% second time out), moves him to the turf (30%), stretches him out a furlong, and Javier Castellano is back on the re-ride.
3rd pick: #6 (Kulik Bear) (6-1) - Speedy colt ships from Keeneland where he finished a pace-setting second going 6 furlongs on the dirt April 13. Trainer Derek Ryan switches him to the grass, removes his blinkers, and has him making back-to-back starts for the first time.
4th pick: #3x (Miami Mumbles) (4-1) - The second of the Brown trained pair, this son of Hard Spun' is coupled in the wagering with #3 'Pickle Rick' due to common ownership. He moves to the grass following a wide and even effort when debuting in a dirt sprint Feb. 23 at Aqueduct. Heavily bet that day, colt draws well and Irad Ortiz Jr is getting aboard.