Top pick: #2 (DOC HEATH) - Races first off a Brad Cox claim (a 24% winning angle). The high-percentage trainer comes off a very strong meeting at Oaklawn Park. This gelding has been competitive several times facing tougher and had a fine half-mile breeze on this surface April 20th after coming here from Arkansas.
2nd pick: #5 (Chanttoomuch) - He was bet heavily when debuting at Saratoga last August in a two-turn turf race for a $75K tag and ran very rank while racing evenly. Working fast for his return, trainer Ed Kenneally (21% off of long absences) will drop him in price and switch him to the dirt.
3rd pick: #1 (Cat in Motion) - Son of "Tale of the Cat" stretches out to a mile after an even third-place finish at the Fair Grounds racing for $25K March 25th. He has a fine local drill on April 20th and his connections drop him down to a new low in price.