Top pick: #12 (HOT MINUTE) - Failed as a heavy favorite last out after being pressed through fast fractions. The lead looks like it's his for the taking here and he should prove very tough to catch if allowed an easy advantage. The top pick.
2nd pick: #11 (Brecciate) - Very sharp win at Saratoga last out in his first back off a seven-week freshening. Lightly-raced gelding beat open $35,000 foes that day that may have been tougher than he faces in this state-bred allowance.
3rd pick: #16 (Four Star General) - Runs first off a Joe Lostritto claim and a subsequent seven-week rest. Likes this course (5-2-1-0) and his last race (a win) came at today's seven-furlong distance.