Top pick: #3 (HYMN BOOK) - Home-bred gelding has been sparingly raced by his connections, but it's paid off as he's gotten better with age. Late last year he finished second in the Cigar Mile (G1) and following a 2 1/2 month break he won the Donn H.(G1) at Gulfstream on Feb. 11. Last out he finished an even fourth to today's rival "Alteration" in the (G2) Oaklawn park Hdcp. Working well and he appears to be sitting on a big race.
2nd pick: #8 (Alternation) - As mentioned above he won the April 14th Oaklawn Park H. (G2) and that completed a "hat trick" for him in Arkansas as earlier in the meet he had also won the $100K Essex and the Razorback H. (G3). In career best form and a major threat if he takes to this surface.
3rd pick: #7 (Yawanna Twist) - Always highly thought of, he ran a big race in the Oaklawn Park Hdcp.(G2) when he chased Alteration from start to finish and tired late to finish third. Working very fast at Belmont Park for this and he'll sneak away at a square price.