Top pick: #4 (IRON JOE T) - Grey gelding has had some trouble in both his starts and ran evenly once away. Home-bred will drop into a claimer for the first time and has a trio of sharp looking works heading into this attempt.
2nd pick: #3 (Skully Gully) - He showed solid early speed at this price before weakening to finish fifth on Feb. 18. Freshened-up since, gelding has worked four times in preparation for this outing. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #2 (P Thirty Eight) - Took some money in his debut and raced evenly despite breaking slowly. Trainer Bruce Headly adds blinkers today and gelding has a sharp work on the Apr. 4, as his connections bring him back in two weeks.
4th pick: #9 (Ferveo) - Debuting 5-year-old by "Unusual Heat" is working both steadily and above average for his first start and need not be anything special to factor against this group.