Top pick: #8 (DR. PLEASURE) - Ligtly raced, talented, and fragile, trainer J.T. Ward has had him extremely sharp in his two starts in '09 after coming back from a 100-day layoff. Stalker is working sharply and should be positioned just off of "Cool Coal Man" most of the race. Can win this turning for home.
2nd pick: #4 (Cool Coal Man) - The main speed is coming off an excellent pace setting second place finish at Aqueduct in the "Excelsior H." (G3) at this 1 1/8th mile trip. Sharp at present and he must be caught.
3rd pick: #5 (Bullsbay) - Much-improved runner has only run one bad race in the past year and a half. One-run type is three for three at this nine furlong trip and seems to thrive on racing. Working well at trainer Graham Motion's home-base of Fair Hill, he's a win contender.