Top pick: #5 (MAGICAL EMPIRE) (7-2) - Well bred filly enters in improving form. 4yo by 'Empire Maker' just failed to hold on here Feb. 25th at this level going 8.5-furlongs. A career best, she's training steadily for this appearance and gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #10 (Kitty's Pearls) (5-2) - The probable favorite, speed/stalker has improved noticeably since switching to the grass and stretching out in distance. Filly finished a pace-setting second at this level and distance on March 1 and is an obvious contender.
3rd pick: #1 (Tybalt's Queen) (4-1) - From the Pletcher barn, she raced evenly after 'hopping' at the start from a tough outside post on Feb. 15th. A useful debut, she's training steadily, has the rail, and Pletcher wins at a 20% rate second time out.
4th pick: #3 (Tis Duet) (12-1) - Longshot hasn't seen action for almost a year. Well bred 4yo has a new trainer (Michelle Nihei) and will be making her grass debut.
5th pick: #6 (One Tuf Kitty) (10-1) - Barn (Alan Goldberg) has had a career best meet (28-9-3-1). This Santulli home bred raced evenly when debuting here on March 11. Beautifully bred filly should improve for a 21% second out trainer.