Top pick: #8 (OUR POSSE) (5-2) - Lightly raced colt ships down from Aqueduct where he tired after chasing the pace while very wide. In a top barn (Rudy Rodriguez), he drops him way down, and it's noted that J.J. Castellano was aboard last out. Jockey doesn't take many mounts that aren't 'live.'
2nd pick: #7 (Pittsburgh Phil) (4-1) - Speedy and lightly raced, he's been freshened up since Feb. 23rd. 4yo finished a close up third here that afternoon in his first ever at this $10K tag.
3rd pick: #11 (Just Another Toy) (6-1) - He takes a much needed drop after showing nothing in his last pair. Pa-bred had been competitive in his previous pair and can factor at this reduced level.
4th pick: #4 (Grandpa's King) (4-1) - Another with some speed, he takes a slight drop off a rather disappointing effort last out. He tired that day to finish a distant fourth in a race where the top-two finishers were in a race by themselves.