Top pick: #1 (CONGRATS TO KEN) (7-2) - Gelding enters off a third-place finish here at this level and distance May 11. It was his second start back off a six month layoff and a career best overall. Stalker had a sharp work June 18 and Castellano is aboard for the first time.
2nd pick: #10 (Extensible) (5-2) - The probable favorite, he's been freshened up since early May and returns as a NEW gelding. The red hot barn of Chad Brown has him working nicely and drops him into a career soft spot. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Shake Things Up) (3-1) - Lightly-raced and improving, he has more positional speed than the top two selections. Last out he was a 'neck' in front of 'Ken' and colt be involved from start-to-finish.
4th pick: #6 (Spanish Armada) (10-1) - No-speed type ships up from Monmouth where he rallied to finish second May 9 at this tag and distance. Well bred, it was his first off an Ed Plesa Jr. claim and a career best. Stretch threat.
5th pick: #8 (It's a Given) (8-1) - Grey gelding is stretching out in distance and making back-to-back starts for the first time. He was finishing fast while very wide here going 6-furlongs at this tag May 31. John Velazquez stays put.