Top pick: #11 (BRIBON) - Loves the surface and this particular distance. French-bred won the "Westchester"(G3) here on April 29 and his mid-pack style should play well with a lot of early speed signed up. The choice in a very contentious race.
2nd pick: #2 (Smooth Air) - Stalker is one of the better unknown quality runners out there. Runs hard every time and races all over the country. He won a G2 race at this distance on March 14 and his connections have pointed him for this since.
3rd pick: #13 (Runforthedoe) - He finished a strong second in the Oaklawn Park hdcp (G2) in his latest and lightly raced Argentine-bred is nearing his peak for a very under-rated horseman (Paulo Lobo) who has a string at Belmont for the first time. Upset possibility.