Top pick: #5 (PONTE VEECHIO) - Lightly-raced gelding runs second back off a two-month layoff, drops into a claimer, puts back-to-back starts together, and gets his blinkers removerd. The top pick.
2nd pick: #8 (Be Electric) - Very sharp mid-Atlantic barn (Dove Houghton) sends up this first time starter and the jockey also makes the trip north from Laurel. Trainer has won in New York before.
3rd pick: #3 (Doast) - Debuting gelding is working well for a good barn (Linda Rice) and a great gate jockey (C.C. Lopez) is aboard. Contender first out.