( # 1) TIZNOW MY LOVE - Makes his third start of his cycle, season and career today. Cuts back in distance and drops from $35K maiden claimers down to $20K for trainer Rick Violette. He finished a distant third place in last at a mile on this surface on May 17. This is a very poor group for the level and he would only need a slight move forward to factor for the win.

(# 8) Wicked Retort - Drops to lowest level of his career off a rather bad effort last out, one in which the top selection dusted him rather easily. Some of his back tries and figures are competitive and his experience against mostly tougher opponents is a plus on his side.

(# 3) Bright Illusion - Like the progress shown in last, both in performance and the figure earned. He appears to be coming around for Jerkens, and has two very sharp workouts since the last race.