Top pick: #3 (PRIVATE GENTLEMAN) - Colt drops in class and will return to the surface where he raced very well against better last summer. All of that and the presence of jockey Leparoux should lead to the maiden win.
2nd pick: #10 (Bonwell) - Versatile four-year-old has run well over both dirt and "poly" and has done so at a variety of distances. Returns quickly for this (six days) after finishing close-up against better. Dangerous foe.
3rd pick: #5 (Sherif) - Looks like a fire sale as trainer Dale Romans drops this expensive colt ($350,000) into a $15K claimer. If he can run at all, he'll show it today.