Top pick: #5 (ROYAL CURRIER) - Hard-hitting sort has won four of his last five and had a rough trip in his lone sub-par effort. Gelding has won 2-of-3 on this surface, has a flexible style, and has a recency edge on the classier "Sean Avery".
2nd pick: #2 (Sean Avery) - Very "freakish" type is capable of beating any sprint field in the country when in shape and when last in action 13 months ago he won the (G1) Alfred Vanderbilt Hdcp. at Saratoga. His overall record at this distance is (8-5-1-1) and he's been training "bullets" at Monmouth for his return.