Top pick: #6 (INIMITABLE ROMANEE) (7-2) - Grey mare enters off a pair of solid efforts in stakes on the "Spa" lawn going shorter. Nearing her best following a pair of layoffs, daughter of "Maria's Mon" is back on her favorite surface (5-1-2-2), and the added distance is a plus.
2nd pick: #4 (Wholelottashakin) (3-1) - Daughter of "Scat Daddy" finished second last out to "Dayatthespa" who would be even-money or less if entered here. 4yo home-bred is three for five on this course and is a win threat if she holds her form.
3rd pick: #7 (Lady's Lunar Luck) (4-1) - Veteran brings her best every start and enters off a very impressive win at Saratoga facing weaker. That was a career best overall, and mare must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #8 (Effie Trinket) (5-1) - Speedy and lightly raced, she was scratched out of yesterday's "Garden CitY" stakes (G2) in which she would have faced "open" company. Stakes winner on this surface, she has a speed/stalking style, and should be involved from start-to-finish.
5th pick: #9 (Go Unbridled) (15-1) - Veteran mare can "run all day," and comes into this off a stakes win at Saratoga on Aug. 26th racing at this distance on the main track. This will be her first ever on the grass, and longshot could grab a share if she takes to it.