Top pick: #7 (CORANTO) - Improving sort races fresh off a Dan Hendricks claim and the day he was taken, gelding missed by a 1/2 length racing for $20,000. Stalker stretches out to a mile on a quick turnaround (20 days) and is raised up to race for $30K. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #8 (Street Rocket) - Makes only his third start in a year and will be going back-to-back for the first time since then. 4-year-old finished a troubled third here at this distance racing for $40K here on August 2nd and is a win candidate in this spot.
3rd pick: #3 (Surely Swift) - Lightly raced 5-year-old will be dropping into a claimer and switching from the grass to the "poly". He has some speed and can factor from start to finish if he takes to the new surface.
4th pick: #4 (Jay's Firetruck) - He continues to weaken after being involved in the early running in most of his starts. He's never been able to get an uncontested lead and could prove dangerous if that happens today.