Top pick: #11 (OUR ENTOURAGE) - He showed some talent last year in a series of four starts and did so on dirt, "poly", and turf. $350,000 son of "Street Cry" won his seasonal debut at Gulfstream on Feb. 25 racing on the grass and has been training fast on the Palm Meadows dirt for this assignment. Repole owned and Pletcher trained, he gets the call in a wide open edition of this old fixture.
2nd pick: #2 (Hakama) - He's only run poorly in one of his six starts and rebounded off that sub-par effort to win a stakes at Laurel last out. He's in a good barn (Mike Trombetta) and draws a nice inside post for his speed/stalking style that fits the track and the race.
3rd pick: #4 (Currency Swap) - The probable favorite, he won the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in going 2-for-2 in 2011, then finished a distant second to the undefeated "Gemologist" who ran earlier today at Aqueduct in the $1M Wood Memorial. Stalker continues to work fast and this will be his firt try around two-turns.
4th pick: #8 (Z Rockstar) - Grey colt enters this off a career best when taking an allowance race at Oaklawn on March 16th. Consistent sort can factor at a big price with a repeat of the latest "figure" he earned (96).