Top pick: #4 (HIP NOTIC) - Price-play has several changes today that can lead to a big effort at nice odds. Trainer Mike Petro will drop this filly into a claimer for the first time, stretch her out in distance, and add blinkers. She has a bullet 5-furlong work on March 10th and that hints that the "hood" will help her out.
2nd pick: #2 (Everlasting Eve) - One of two fillies entered by trainer Steve Klesaris and the pair will race uncoupled. Pa-bred has been competitive in all four starts and finished third at this distance facing tougher at Penn National last October. Contends today.
3rd pick: #6 (Late Nite Laura) - She finished third here two back racing at this price, but last out ran very poorly here for $25,000. Claimed that afernonn by Ramon Preciado, he brings her back quickly, raises her in price, and he wins at an excellent 40% rate first off a claim.