Top pick: #7 (SMOKIN CONRAD) - Returns from Finger Lakes where he finished second in an allowance in his first off a two month layoff and first facing winners. Drops, is in a winning barn (Chris Englehart), and his best race ever (his maiden win) came on this surface. The top selection.
2nd pick: #9 (Fairway Tom) - He races for the first time since an easy maiden win at Finger Lakes in late May facing bottom dwellers there ($4000). Gelding races off a seven week freshening and for Rudy Rodriquez for the first time (an incredible 56% winning angle). The win came on his first time blinkers.
3rd pick: #1 (Mind Boggling ) - He finished second on June 19 at this level and distance in his first facing winners, then lost all chance at the start of his latest when be went in the air when the gates opened. Has the rail and he comes-back in eight days for this. Contender.