OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Risk Taking is the proven one, a two-time winner at 1 1/8 miles over Aqueduct’s main track, including a graded stakes victory. Prevalence is the flashy one, a visually-impressive winner of his two starts, both this past winter in one-turn races at Gulfstream Park. The two provide each other with a good test in Saturday’s Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, a race that could lead either one or both to the Kentucky Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs. :: DRF's Wood Memorial Day headquarters – Previews, past performances, picks, and more Risk Taking and Prevalence are the headliners of a nine-horse field entered in the Wood, a 1 1/8-mile race that offers its top four finishers 170 qualifying points on a 100-40-20-10 scale to the Derby. The Wood field also consists of Gotham Stakes 1-2 finishers Weyburn and Crowded Trade; Remsen winner Brooklyn Strong; Sam. F. Davis winner Candy Man Rocket; the Todd Pletcher-trained pair of Dynamic One and Bourbonic; and Parx Racing invader Market Maven. Risk Taking, a son of Medaglia d’Oro trained by Chad Brown for Seth Klarman, won the Grade 3 Withers by 3 3/4 lengths here Feb. 6. Brown believed Risk Taking improved in the Withers from his maiden win at the same 1 1/8-mile distance eight weeks earlier. “He just ran a little faster, stronger, more professional,” Brown said. “He’s getting it together now, this horse, physically and mentally. I see an improving horse that can run as far as you want them to go.” Irad Ortiz Jr. rides Risk Taking from post 4. Prevalence, a son of Medaglia d’Oro owned by Godolphin Racing and trained by Brendan Walsh, was an 8 1/2-length debut winner going seven furlongs Jan. 23. After getting sick and missing a potential start in the Fountain of Youth, Prevalence won a one-mile first-level allowance on March 11. “We got out of it what we wanted, especially because he got sick in the interim,” Walsh said. “It was nice to get a somewhat easier race into him. It all bodes well for him.” Walsh is as interested as anybody else to find out if Prevalence will succeed around two turns. “He’s a very fast horse,” Walsh said. “Sometimes when they’re that fast, how far does he need to go? Maybe he’s just that good. He’s got a good temperament, he’s got a high cruising speed, and to be honest with you, one way to find out is put him out there and let him run and see what he does.” Tyler Gaffalione rides Prevalence from post 6. Like Prevalence, Weyburn and Crowded Trade are trying two turns and 1 1/8 miles for the first time. Weyburn, trained by Jimmy Jerkens, came off a three-month layoff to win the Gotham going a mile. He was passed by Crowded Trade in midstretch but came back after switching leads late under Trevor McCarthy. “When they do it the first time they have to settle the right way going into the first turn with the jock not having to get into his mouth too much,” Jerkens said of trying two turns. “Trevor seems to have nice hands on him, I think [Weyburn] will get the message.” Crowded Trade, Brown’s second runner in this field, may have hesitated some when he put his head in front of Weyburn in the stretch of the Gotham. That was just his second start, and it followed a six-furlong maiden win. “He was a little green in the lane,” Brown said. “He showed it late, but he ran really well. Hopefully, that race provided him with some additional experience that he’s going to need moving forward.” Asked about Crowded Trade going the 1 1/8 miles, Brown said: “I could see it going either way. Hopefully, with some experience and a target to follow a little longer, that’ll carry him a mile and an eighth.” Eric Cancel rides Crowded Trade from post 2. :: Get David Aragona and Mike Beer’s Betting Strategies for Saturday’s card at Aqueduct Brooklyn Strong, a New York-bred son of 2014 Wood winner Wicked Strong, is making his first start since he won the Grade 2 Remsen here last December. Despite the layoff, trainer Danny Velazquez is extremely confident Brooklyn Strong is fit enough to win. “He’s not a big horse, but he’s gotten leaner, a little longer,” Velazquez said. “He’s got gas for days. He’s freaky. If he takes that into the Wood, they’re going to have problems because we’re coming.” Manny Franco rides Brooklyn Strong from the rail. Candy Man Rocket will try to bounce back from an 11th-place finish – virtually eased – in the Tampa Bay Derby. Trainer Bill Mott believes the horse may have held his breath at some point in the race. Junior Alvarado rides Candy Man Rocket from post 7. Dynamic One, from the barn of five-time Wood winner Pletcher, was a blowout winner of a 1 1/8-mile maiden race here March 7. Pletcher also sends out Bourbonic, beaten four lengths by fellow Wood entrant Market Maven in a Feb. 23 allowance at Parx. The Wood goes as race 10 on an 11-race card that begins at 12:50 p.m. The program includes the Grade 1 Carter, Grade 3 Bay Shore, Grade 3 Gazelle, and Grade 3 Excelsior. After a wet and raw Thursday, the Saturday forecast calls for dry conditions with high temperatures in the mid-50s.