Top pick: #4 (SHANDREA) - Maryland-based trainer Leon "Blu" Blusiewicz doesn't ship to New York very often but has done well in the past with first-time starters like this. Daughter of "Distorted Humor" has a pair of published drills at Belmont but must have been training off-site to get ready for this. She meets a waek field and is the top pick.
2nd pick: #6 (Dear Elizabeth) - Much improved last out as she raced just off the lead and after making a failed bid at the leader she continued on to finish second, 7 lengths clear of the third horse. She has a solid half-mile drill since and is a win threat.