Top pick: #1 (GLORIOUS VIEW) (3-1) - Home-bred has progressed rapidly for trainer Bill Mott, and although it took her nine starts to get her maiden win, shs's now won three in a row and will be making her first start in a stakes. She has a flexible running style, draws the rail, and has a pair of local back-to-back bullet works heading into this G2 contest.
2nd pick: #4 (Spectacular Sky) (5-2) - Florida-based trainer Marty Wolfson specializes in winning big races and this mare has gone (7-4-1-0) since joining his barn about 10 months ago. Two of those wins have come in stakes, including a sharp victory over males at Calder in early Sept. The main speed and a win candidate.
3rd pick: #6 (Fantasy of Flight) (7-2) - She also has plenty of early speed and will be racing second back from a two month break and switching from the Keeneland "poly" to the Belmont dirt. Her best race ever came on this surface last October and she's working fast locally for this attempt.
4th pick: #5 (Irish Exchange) (12-1) - Consistent Philly invader has gone (14-5-3-3) over the past 17 months and enters this in career best form. She has enough speed to stay close and make a run turning for home.