Top pick: #6 (CELTIC NEW YEAR) - Gelding comes into this in career best shape and last out finished a game second to Acclamation in the G1 Charlie Whittingham H. on June 11. That rival was an early scratch from this contest and this 4-year-old is training fast, has a flexible style, and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Imponente Purse) - The type that can "run all day" and two of his three wins have come at this 12 furlong trip. Races second off a 2 1/2 month layoff and his return start on July 2nd was nothing more than a "prep" for this. Price play.
3rd pick: #2 (Restless Soul) - One of two mares entered and they're both trained by Neil Drysdale. She's consistent facing her own sex, has some tactical speed, and won a stakes on the Golden Gate lawn going 11 furlongs back in 2009. Don't just dismiss.