Top pick: #7 (READ THE RESEARCH) (7-2) - Filly had to be sent hard last out and faced heavy outside pressure before tiring turning for home. Pletcher trained 4-year-old has all the speed to her left in the gate today and that should help this filly relax more and even rate off the lead. The top pick.
2nd pick: #6 (Keep Bustin) (5-2) - Other than a fourth-place finish in a $100K stakes here on May 5th, home-bred has gone 6-4-2-0 and has won from both on and off the lead. Daughter of "Bustin Stones" won here at this mile distance on May 31st and the final time was impressive (1:36.60). Win candidate.
3rd pick: #2 (Haldane) (5-1) - Speed/stalker finished second at this level and distance on May 23rd in her second back from a 5 1/2 month layoff, and with any improvement at all is a major player in this spot.
4th pick: #5 (Sus Annmaries Gold) (12-1) - She won her first pair last fall as if she had a bright future, but did not run well here on May 23rd in her first back from a 6 1/2 month layoff. Her new trainer (Rudy Rodriguez 27% with new arrivals) will stretch her out in distance for the first time.