Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of June 5

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Trainer: Robert Tiller
Last race: June 3, 6^th
Finish: 1^st by neck
Beyer: 90
The once-beaten 3-year-old would have to take his game to another level if he was going to beat older second-level allowance opposition, and he did just that, upsetting Ted W in a gutsy display. The son of Midnight Lute is a stakes winner in the making.

MILL ROAD
Trainer: Catherine Day Phillips
Last race: June 4, 4^th
Finish: 4^th by 2 1/4
Beyer: 63
After breaking slowly from the rail, he rushed up to set a fast pace before tiring in the final furlong at first asking in a six-furlong maiden special. The 3-year-old gelded son of Quality Road has potential.

MINKS APRISE
Trainer: Roger Attfield
Last race: June 4, 8^th
Finish: 2^nd by 3/4
Beyer: 87
Following a six-month absence and in her first start for Attfield, she awaited room at the rear of the field before closing strongly in the final three-sixteenths of the Grade 3 Hendrie Stakes.