Top pick: #8 (COGNITO) - Sophomore colt drops and moves back to real dirt after breaking slowly on the Keeneland "Poly" last out facing tougher. Race was his first off a layoff and trainer Steve Asmussen has him nicely spotted this afternoon.
2nd pick: #5 (Full Curtain) - Lightly-raced colt takes a big drop and moves back to conventional dirt for the first time since his debut. Veteran Bob Holthus is in his corner and believe he'll run at a nice price.
3rd pick: #4 (Ridge Royale) - Drops and moves back to real dirt in his second back off almost a 12-month layoff. Nice return speed shown at Keeneland and he should move forward off that badly needed effort.