Top pick: #1 (BIG CITY BOY) - With the scratch of No. 5 (N.F.'s Destiny), this lightly-raced gedlding becomes the main speed. Gelding finished third here at this level and distance on Sept. 15 and is nearing his best since coming back from an 8 1/2 month break in late June. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #6 (Warrioroftheroses) - Gelding ships up from Laurel where he broke his maiden in wire-to-wire fashion facing "open" special weights on Sept. 13. Heavily back at the windows that day and this speedy 3-year-old is in an annually high-percentage barn (Damon Dilodovico) and he has this runner facing New York-breds for the first time.
3rd pick: #7 (Readbythelines) - Freshened-up since an even effort at Saratoga on Aug. 12, this gelding tries hard every time and is working nicely on this surface for his return. Major factor this afternoon.