Top pick: #1 (JUICE PLUS) - Arlington shipper pressed and tired there facing Illinois-bred maidens on May 13th in what was his first start on the all weather surface artificial main-track. He'd been very sharp in his previous pair on the Hawthorne dirt and runs today off a private sale to owner/trainer Jeff Jones. Leading jockey Parker is aboard and stalker has the rail. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (Chin the Moon) - Debuting colt is well-bred, in a very good small barn (luis Jurado), and has a bullet half-mile gate work off-site on May 12th.Son of the top stallion "Elusive Quality" looks set for his first public appearance.
3rd pick: #5 (Aldanitykaha) - Tampa Bay invader was competitive in 3 of 4 starts there after coming back from a long layoff (19 months on March 18th). 5yo has some late kick and home-bred races off a private trainer change to Terry Crago.