Top pick: #2 (McCARREN PARK) - Racing into shape, this looks like the "go" day. Daughter of "Posse" chased and finished third when debuting in a $60K claimer at Saratoga, then finished fourth here on the grass facing special weights a bit over a month ago. Trainer Dom Schettino drops her down to $25K, moves her back to the dirt, shortens her up in distance, and adds blinkers. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (Catalonia) - Trainer Alan Goldberg won another race here yesterday making him 3-for-9 at the meet and he has this home-bred filly working fast for her debut. Grey filly has a big bullet half-mile work from the gate Sept. 10 at Monmouth and Goldberg's main rider (Ramon Dominguez) is aboard.