Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of May 2

SALSA BAY
Trainer: Reade Baker
Last race: April 9, 9th
Finish: 2nd by head
Beyer: 72
He raced in second throughout over an anti-speed track to narrowly lose his 3-year-old debut while beating Conquest See Ya, who came back to capture a maiden special on the grass at Belmont with an 87 Beyer.

CONQUEST STRATEGY
Trainer: Mark Casse
Last race: April 24, 7th
Finish: 3rd by 3 3/4
Beyer: 68
After checking in fourth behind Salsa Bay and Conquest See Ya in his debut, he raced four wide most of the way over an inside-favoring track second time out in the much faster split of an Ontario-sired maiden special.

MOON RAINBOW
Trainer: Malcolm Pierce
Last race: April 30, 8th
Finish: 2nd by 2 1/4
Beyer: 86
After dueling along the rail with the champion Lexie Lou through quick fractions, she gave way grudgingly to another 2014 Canadian champion, Strut the Course, in her first outing of the year in a tough optional claimer.