Gierkink's Woodbine Horses to Watch for the week of May 4

GOODOLDHOCKEYGAME
Trainer: Bob Tiller
Last race: May 2, 8th
Finish: 2nd by 1 1/4
Beyer: 76
He was boxed in behind the leaders at the head of the stretch before surging late in the seven-furlong Queenston Stakes. It was his first outing in five months and it should set him up nicely for the next one.

CLARKSTON HOPE
Trainer: Tom Bowden
Last race: May 1, 7th
Finish: 2nd by 1/2
Beyer: 69
Normally a front-runner, she assumed a stalking position in her season opener in her first attempt against non-winners-of-three Ontario-sired allowance stock. The second race of her previous form cycle was a commanding maiden victory, so a peak performance seems forthcoming.

PARTYONTHEPATIO
Trainer: Sam DiPasquale
Last race: May 1, 6th
Finish: 4th by 4 1/4
Beyer: 48
She was stuck in traffic on the turn and in the stretch before making up some ground in the final furlong of a $40,000 non-winners-of-two claimer. Her trainer recently broke through at the meet, and he might be heating up.