Top pick: #3 (HOLY INVADER) - Lightly-raced colt by "Invasor" finished second in a pair of starts last fall at Delaware Park, both going around two-turns. Trainer Tony Dutrow gave him a two month break beginning in early Nov. and sent him to Aqueduct for his return start on Dec. 31. Colt had an outside post and tired after chasing the pace. Dutrow has worked him twice since and will drop him into a claimer for the first time. Blinkers are removed after a one race experiment and he's the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Distinct Honor) - Stretch-out sprinter has the rail and last out finished a solid second at this price going 6.5 furlongs. He has good early speed and draws the rail, a dangerous combination.