Eatontown

TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS

EYE OF TAURUS (Aldebaran) loves Monmouth Park's turf, taking two wins from

three starts on that course, and makes just her second start of the year in

Monday's $150,000 Eatontown S. (G3) while going 1 1/16 miles at that venue. The

Kiaran McLaughlin runner opened her four-year-old campaign with a nice third

against turf allowance rivals at Keeneland on April 11, and is looking to add a

second stakes win to her resume following a head victory in a division of the Valley View S.

(G3) to close out 2009. That was the bay's stakes bow, and Eye of Taurus is our

pick to go undefeated against stakes rivals with another win here. Alan Garcia

has the return call.

SCOLARA (Quiet American) has never competed over the Monmouth turf, but the bay mare is

no stranger to stakes competition. Second most recently in the Beaugay S. (G3),

the Bill Mott trainee is a dual stakes winner from last year and just missed by

a neck in the Florida Cup Turf Distaff S. two back. The five-year-old earned a nice 95 BRIS

Speed rating for that rallying effort and will be tough to hold off in this

spot. Eddie Castro will take the reins.

MARAM (Sahm) is a lightly raced four-year-old who captured her first four

starts, including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in 2008. She competed

only three times last year, taking the John Hettinger S. before suffering her

first career loss when just missing by a neck in the Pebbles S. The dark bay

concluded her sophomore campaign with a gutsy sixth, just 3 1/2 lengths back of

the winner, in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), and she'll be making

her return here off a 206-day break. The Chad Brown charge has the talent to

challenge, but the long layoff may keep her from the win. Jose Lezcano will be

aboard.

MY PRINCESS JESS (Stormy Atlantic) appears to be the class of this field, but

was a well-beaten fourth in the Beaugay last out. That was her first start of

the year, so the dark bay probably needed a race off the seven-month break.

Nonetheless, we can't endorse at probable low odds until she shows the same

talent that saw her take the 2009 Beaugay as well as place in the Just a Game S.

(G1) and Ballston Spa H. (G2). A record-setting winner of the grassy Boiling

Springs S. (G3) as a sophomore at Monmouth, My Princess Jess is the one to beat

if she returns to form under Joe Bravo.

AKILINA (Langfuhr) has finished off the board only once in nine career turf

starts, and ran third two back in the Honey Fox S. (G3) to open her

four-year-old season. The chestnut miss is a consistent runner who regularly

earns a spot in the top three, so we recommend including her in all gimmick

wagers.

GYPSY'S WARNING (SAf) (Mogok) is a dual Group 1 winner in South Africa and

will be making her U.S. bow in this race. We'll watch to see how she acclimates

to the new surroundings and first-time Lasix. OMEGA CAT (Omega Code) was second

by a head against Florida-bred stakes rivals last out, but graduated to that one

off a win against claiming rivals. We can't recommend.