Top pick: #8 (ISTHMUS) - Races second off a 4 1/2 month break and he'll be dropping into a claimer for the first time. Trainer Eoin Harty adds the "hood" and this colt by "Flower Alley" will be making back-to-back starts for the first time. Working fast and he's the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #6 (Answer to Abby) - Blinkers go on gelding who finished a close-up second last out at this price going 6 panels. He's worked twice since, and the extra 1/8th he travels today is in his favor.
3rd pick: #2 (Our Senior Moments) - Colt by "Momemtum" chased and tired in his debut Feb. 19 and has drilled twice since. Barn wins at a 25% rate 2nd time out and hhe can factor today with normal improvement.