Top pick: #7 (JUBA) (3-1) - Race is loaded with well bred runners who have had careers sidelined by layoffs. This $250K son of "Tapit" finished second here 12 1/2 months ago to future stakes winner "Constitution." Un-raced since, he's training both steadily and way above average. Gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #8 (Ackerman Road) (2-1) - The probable favorite, gelding by "Unbridled's Song" finished a pace-setting second when debuting at Belmont Oct. 12 of 2013. Trainer Todd Pletcher has him training fast at Palm Beach Downs and has Castellano back aboard on the re-ride.
3rd pick: #4 (Simon Bar Sinister) (8-1) - Trainer Marty Wolfson had this $110K son of "War Front" gelded since his last race in early Dec. He's working like a different horse since the change. Blinkers go on and John Velazquez gets aboard. Price play.
4th pick: #3 (All the Way) (6-1) - One of two entered by Hall of Fame member H. Allen Jerkens and the pair race uncoupled. Home bred by "Hard Spun" enters off a career best when he finished second here for a $50K tag Jan. 15. It was his first off a three month layoff and first for Jerkens. Moves up in class, but is a threat despite that fact.