Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #3 (SATURDAY JOHNNY) (5-1) - Home-bred has raced evenly in his last pair and moves off the rail for the first time after breaking from it in all three attempts. This colt by 'Lucky Pulpit' should get a less stressful trip, and I give him a slight edge.
2nd pick: #6 (Very Irish) (7-2) - Gelding by 'Verrazano' rallied while wide to check in a non-threatening 3rd here going 6.5 furlongs in his first ever in a claimer. The 3yo received some betting that afternoon and should factor in this spot.
3rd pick: #8 (Sierra Melody) (8-1) - Longshot drops down and moves back to the dirt after an even effort sprinting on the grass facing tougher March 1. He's finished close up in two of his last three dirt sprints at this level and must be left in the mix today.
4th pick: #5 (Equippo A) (10-1) - This lightly raced gelding showed good early speed before tiring when facing 'open' $20K claimers March 6. He moves up in class, but is capable of impacting with some improvement.