Top pick: #9 (HARBOR MIST) - Daughter of "Rockport Harbor" broke her maiden at Saratoga at this distance, then came back to win a small stakes there in her first facing winners. She was in "over her head" last out in the (G1) Frizette facing "open" company and moves back in with state-breds this afternoon.
2nd pick: #3 (Wildcat's Smile) - Home-bred by "Forest Wildcat" has been sharp in all three starts since racing evenly in her debut and last out became a stakes winners when she beat colts in the New York Breeder's Futurity at Finger Lakes. Strong factor today.
3rd pick: #10 (Undaunted Ella) - She impressed in her debut here when grey filly broke sharply from her rail post and proceeded to go wire-to-wire. Working fast since, she's in the Levine barn, draws a nice post at this distance, and Dominguez gets aboard today.
4th pick: #1 (Victory Island) - Lightly-raced, speedy, has the rail, and it's the deadly combo of Todd Pletcher/John Velazquez. She was an easy winner on a sloppy track in her debut, then finished third to "Harbor Mist" after "stumbling" at the start. Contender with a "clean" getaway.