Gemologist is looking for some serious graded stakes earnings as he prepares to take on a field of seven other three-year-olds in Saturday's $1 million Grade 1 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. (Post time: 5:15pm Eastern; TV: NBC) The undefeated Gemologist won the G2-Kentucky Jockey Club last November at Churchill Downs, followed by a score against Allowance company at Gulfstream Park in mid-March to being his 2012 season. While his race record in impressive, he desperately needs graded earnings in order to ensure a spot in the starting gate for the 2012 Kentucky Derby.
Alpha, winner of the Count Fleet and the G3-Withers, will attempt to complete a perfect spring in New York with his third victory at Aqueduct. Alpha finished 11th in last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile but has rebounded for a strong start to his three-year-old season.
Below are the entries and post positions for the Wood Memorial. The morning line odds will be added when released.
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | ML |
| 1 | Alpha | R. Dominguez | K. McLaughlin | 5/2 |
| 2 | Casual Trick | C. Nakatani | N. Zito | 20/1 |
| 3 | My Adonis | E. Trujillo | K. Breen | 8/1 |
| 4 | Teeth of the Dog | J. Bravo | M. Matz | 15/1 |
| 5 | Street Life | J. Alvarado | C. Brown | 4/1 |
| 6 | Gemologist | J. Castellano | T. Pletcher | 8/5 |
| 7 | Tiger Walk | J. Velazquez | I. Correas | 15/1 |
| 8 | The Lumber Guy | C. Velasquez | M. Hushion | 8/1 |