Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 3:50 p.m. (ET) This Woodhaven is a highly competitive affair where you can make a case for all 7 runners. Given the confusing nature of this race, I could see some handicappers just defaulting to connections with Septarian (#1). Yet there is more to like about this gelding than him being trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Flavien Prat. He's shown ability on dirt, and really didn't run that badly against a tough field when stretched out in the Risen Star last time. While Protonico isn't a noteworthy turf influence, the dam's family is all European turf breeding. His dam is actually a half-sister to a winner of the Group 1 Prix du Cadran over 2 1/2 miles on grass in France. Chad Brown worked him on turf twice at Payson Park to give him confidence to enter here. Brown is also 8 for 33 (24%, $2.72 ROI) with non-maidens trying turf for the first time in routes over 5 years. End of Romance (#2) has some things to prove at this level, but he did show some promise racing in England last year. His stateside debut was decent, even though he lacked late punch after making an initial move. Now he gets back on turf, a surface he's definitely bred for as a half-brother to $27 million-earning globetrotter Romantic Warrior. My top pick is Sounds Like a Plan (#7), who figures to go back to the frontrunning tactics that worked for him in his turf debut. He set an honest pace that day and never gave anyone else a chance, earning a strong 101 TimeformUS Speed Figure. He stepped up against open company in a similar spot to this when he tried the Central Park late last year, and I thought he ran better than the result suggests. He stalked inside and took a bump when attempting to angle out at the quarter pole, which kept him inside for the stretch drive. The race was dominated by outside closers, so he did well to stay on for fourth at the rail. He has to be ready off the layoff, but the price should compensate.