Top pick: #3 (IN SPEIGHT OFITALL) - Lightly-raced colt rallied to finish second here when debuting going 6 furlongs on the grass on July 5th. Moved to the dirt at saratoga a month later, he had a very troubled and wide trip, but was still only beaten 4 1/2 lengths. Working fast since, he moves back to the turf and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Lasso) - He hasn't raced since late January at Santa Anita and he'll make his east coast debut off a trainer change to Chris Clement (26% with new arrivals. Training fine, he tries the turf for the first time and it's a surface he was bred to love.
3rd pick: #6 (Frankly Nails) - Another racing off a long layoff (6 1/2 months) and for a new trainer (Tom Bush). Gelding is training well and finished fourth at Gulfstream at this level on March 10th when last in action.