Top pick: #1 (OFFICER ROCKET) - Once much classier runner was claimed by trainer Mike Maker last fall for $80,000 and has not run a bad race since. He won a stakes at Turfway in his first for the new barn and has run well without winning in subsequent starts, including a second-place finish on this course last out. Loves this distance and will be very tough to beat.
2nd pick: #5 (New Believer) - He's two for two on this surface and has run well in most of his other six lifetime starts. He'd need a career best to topple the top choice.
3rd pick: #7 (St. Joe) - Had early trouble last out facing tougher in his return off a short layoff. Drops for his second back and is expected to run much better.