Two colts nominated for the Triple Crown will compete in the seventh race at Aqueduct on Sunday, an $82,000 allowance for 3-year-olds serving as the feature on an eight-race card. The lightly raced duo are the morning-line favorites in a competitive field of seven. Uncle Jim (2-1) will make his first start for new owner/trainer Linda Rice, who claimed him for $50,000 last time out. Uncaged, trained by Todd Pletcher, is looking to bounce back from a dull 3-year-old debut at Gulfstream Park earlier this month. Rice said that Uncle Jim’s upside was the determining factor for her claim. On Feb. 1, the former Brad Cox trainee made his 3-year-old debut in the Withers but did not respond while running 1 1/8 miles. Cox cut him all the way back to 6 1/2 furlongs later in the month and he won by 3 3/4 lengths. He was claimed by Rice out of the wire-to-wire score. “I like to claim lightly raced horses because I think there’s more room for improvement, more blue sky ahead of them,” Rice said. “That’s the case with him.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Uncaged (9-5) earned a stylish maiden victory at Saratoga in August but did not make his second start until earlier this month. Pletcher’s colt did little running that day as the 3-5 favorite in a Gulfstream allowance, finishing fourth in a field of five. The trainer is stretching him out to a mile and adding blinkers for his second start this year. Beyond the top pair, three horses in the field are coming out of maiden competition. On the Mount switched to dirt at Tampa Bay Downs last time out and won for trainer Chad Brown. Stormin Sammy is still a maiden but recently lost by just a nose in a statebred maiden special weight at Colonial Downs for trainer Rachel Sells. Toga d’Oro, trained by Rick Dutrow, closed nicely to win an $80,000 maiden special weight at Aqueduct last time out. Dutrow will test him with an extra furlong in his first start against winners. “Maybe the mile might be too far for him. Maybe it might be exactly what he wants,” Dutrow said. “We really don’t know a whole lot about him as far as what his best game is going to be.” The other two horses in the race are outsiders running for a $100,000 claiming price. Jerry’s Out ran second behind Uncle Jim all the way around the track last time out, but trainer Rudy Rodriguez thinks his colt has a better chance at a mile. “Last time, [Uncle Jim] got everything his own way, and when they go to a mile, sometimes you get someone to put a little pressure,” Rodriguez said. “Maybe they give him some pressure, or maybe they give us the lead and we can do what they did to us.” Steel Vengeance is stepping up in class for trainer Wayne Potts after winning a $32,000 claiming race earlier this month. He is one of two runners in the field who ran at a route distance last time out. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.