Top pick: #1 (Leggs Galore) (12-1) - This lightning-fast five-year-old mare has three straight wins, showcasing a 95 Beyer Speed Figure. Two races ago, Leggs Galore also ran at this one-mile distance at the Buena Vista Stakes, winning easily and leading by eight lengths at one point.
2nd pick: #2 (Regal Glory) (6-5) - At one mile or more, this Chad Brown horse has been a force, winning six of its last eight races with one second-place finish. That includes three straight wins in its last three races at the Jenny Wiley and Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf, both at 1 1/6-miles, and the Matriarch Stakes at one-mile. Two of those were Grade 1 races. Last time out at the Jenny Wiley, Regal Glory surged past longtime leader Navratilova at the 3/16 pole for the victory. Regal Glory also has experience here racing four other times at Belmont.
3rd pick: #4 (In Italian) (9-2) - Speedy In Italian has finished first or second in five straight races. The last time out, favored Speak of the Devil won the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile while overtaking In Italian, who came in second at +280. Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. was at the reins for that close one and will be again here. The last three races by In Italian have all been at one-mile, winning two along with a second place.