Top pick: #8 (RUN HIDE) (7-2) - He's racing second back from a long layoff and is racing first off a John Sadler claim (22%). Colt pressed and weakened late in his return start at this tag on July 19, and Sadler brings him back quickly for this attempt.
2nd pick: #6 (Will True Up) (5-2) - Gelding just missed in the same last race as "Run Hide," and like that runner he was claimed out of that contest. Now with Bob Diodoro (29% off the claim), this speed/stalker has finished second in three of four since coming off a 14-month layoff in early May. An obvious win candidate.
3rd pick: #7 (G'night) (12-1) - Longshot is dropping in class and going turf to "poly" for the O'Neill barn. No speed type could grab a share with a late run in a race where the pace should be fast and/or contested.
4th pick: #4 (Justification) (4-1) - He's rounding into form following a pair of layoffs, and it's good to see him stringing starts together. He split "Run Hide" & "Will True Up" last out and must be left in the mix.