Top pick: #7 (PERNICE) - He's had a lot of chances but some of his best starts have come on this surface and he comes into this off a solid second-place finish at this price in a "switched" race at Aqueduct a month ago. One-run type has worked well since and he draws outside of the speed. The top pick.
2nd pick: #3 (Pin) - Price play is working fast for trainer Jim Bond and races this afternoon for the first time since Jan. 2nd. His form went south at that time, but this gelding was competitive facing tougher last fall.
3rd pick: #1 (Extinction) - Home-bred by "Wagon Limit" is lightly raced and spent the winter training at Gulfstream but not running. Has some ability and is in the barn of H. Allen Jerkens.