Top pick: #2 (WELCOME HOME RYAN) (5-1) - Veteran takes a sizable drop and will be going turf to "poly' for the Mullins barn. That was his first off a claim and a seven-week freshening. He's won six times on synthetics and has won here in the past.
2nd pick: #3 (Friendly Banter) (3-1) - Seven-time winner hasn't raced since rallying from far back to win an Arlington grass race on June 6 for a $16K tag. Claimed that day by Bob Hess, Jr., he has this veteran working sharply here in what will be only his second start on a synthetic surface.
3rd pick: #1 (Street Serenade) (8-1) - He's racing for the first time in two months and is running off a big trainer switch to Bob Diodoro (29% with new arrivals). Has back class, early speed, breaks from the rail, and has won before on a "poly" track. Price play.
4th pick: #6 (Woodman's Luck) (7-2) - No speed type is racing second off almost a two month break, goes turf to "poly," and is dropping into a career soft spot. Has back class and the faster the pace the better his prospects.