Top pick: #7 (BIG SCREEN) (4-1) - He enters this off a career best when winning at Aqueduct over much weaker on March 23rd. Grey colt earned a very lofty "figure" that day and trainer Tom Albertrani has worked him three times since. Well-bred 4yo can take this "wide open" contest if he holds his form.
2nd pick: #8 (Pants On Fire) (10-1) - Always highly though of, 5yo is nearing the $1M mark in earnings and he likes this distance (6-3-1-1). Major stakes winner has a flexible style, draws a fine outside post, and is a win candidate in this tough contest.
3rd pick: #5 (Rattlesnake Bridge) (5-1) - He also comes off a career best when winning at this "flat" mile distance at Gulfstream on March 30th. Race was his first in just under 16 months and this well-bred 5yo finished 2nd back in 2011 in the $1M "Travers" stakes (G1).
4th pick: #3 (Flat Out) (7-2) - He's earned $2.5M and is undefeatted on this surface ( 3 for 3). However, he's benn off form in his first two start this year and needs to turn it around this afternoon. His recent drills at Palm Meadows before shipping north indicate that it's quite possible.