Top pick: #8 (JAYDEN'S HOPE) - Working well for his first start on conventional dirt after trainer Bruce Levine claimed him in early June at Hollywood Park. Scratched a couple of times at Saratoga when he drew inside posts and this looks like the right spot. Dominguez's presence is noted.
2nd pick: #7 (Eagle Strike) - Probable favorite has finished second in his last pair, one here and the other at Saratoga. He's run better since escaping the "poly" surfaces in California and it would be no surprise if he won this.
3rd pick: #6 (Keep Thinking) - Colt by "A.P. Indy" cost $2,400,000 and has earned back $18,000 of it. Easy game isn't it? His two best efforts have come in his pair on "real" dirt and that's what he's on today. Contender.