Top pick: #3 (WORLDLY) - Very competitive edition of this contest which is the first of a series of stakes that culminates with the Louisiana Derby (G2) later in this meet. Colt by "A.P. Indy" finished a game second last out at this distance in his first ever on this surface. Albarado climbs aboard for the first time and colt looks set for a big effort. The choice in a good betting race.
2nd pick: #8 (Letsgetitonmon) - One of a pair from the powerful barn of Steve Asmussen and stable rider Shaun Bridgmohan winds up here. Exits the same race as the top pick and he finished a rallying third, two lengths behind him. Looks set for a big effort.
3rd pick: #4 (Depaul) - The second of the Asmussen pair has good early speed and tired last out in the same race as the top two selections. Race was his first in four months and first for Asmussen. Look for a much better effort this afternoon.
4th pick: #5 (Citrus Kid) - Freshened-up following a third-place finish in the "Remsen" (G2) at Aqueduct colt has been prepared for this at the Palm Meadows training center near Gulfstream. Working very fast and he's one of three entered to have already won a stakes and he did it going two-turns. Win candidate if he takes to this surface.