Top pick: #1 (LIGNITE) - One of two fillies entered by 2yo specialist Wesley Ward and the pair will race uncoupled. This $35K yearling purchase finished 2nd when debuting at Keeneland at this distance April 13th. She had worked fast on real dirt before coming to Kentucky and she has the rail.
2nd pick: #3 (Quiet Success) - Heavily bet in her debut, she broke slowly and rallied from between runners to finish 3rd. Daughter of "Successful Appeal" has a new trainer (Tom Amoss 30% with new arrivals) and he adds lasix for this attempt. Filly had a nice half-mile breeze on this surface April 26th.
3rd pick: #4 (Sweet Shirley Mae) - The 2nd of the Ward fillies is a debuting daughter of "Broke Vow" who was initially prepared at Palm Meadows in Florida before shipping to Kentucky. Working nicely at both locales and Ward wins at a solid 27% clip first out.