By John T.

# 2- Dry Martini
# 4- Asiatic Boy
# 9- Ready's Echo
#-5- Stud Muffin

In this wide open renewal of the Suburban Handicap, we're going to land on the fresh and well-posted Dry Martini from the Barclay Tagg barn.

Since joining the Tagg barn this past winter, this gelding has been competitive with the morning line favorite, It's A Bird, and the likes of recent Stephen Foster winner Macho Again, while shipping from one venue to another. His last race may have set him up perfectly for this, as he stalked a soft pace over this course and finished up well late while in hand to get the job done in workman-like fashion over a moisture-laden track that he's probably not at his best on.

Today he draws a nice ground-saving post over what should be fast footing in a race that figures to have an honest pace for him to run at on the final turn. He's back with the proper rest and a work tab that says he's on edge for a strong effort over his home track. We'll fill out our exotics with last race traffic victim Asiatic Boy, Ready's Echo who was eliminated at the start of his last race, and a bomb in Stud Muffin, who chased two very sharp winners in his last two placings.

Article contributed by John T. at tripcapper.com