Top pick: #1 (PRESS BARON) (5-1) - Strong finisher enters in career best form and gelding catches a field where the pace should be fast and/or contested. He has the rail, the level and distance, and European based champion rider Kieran Fallon is aboard.
2nd pick: #3 (Ethnic Dance) (5-2) - One of several speed-types signed on, he has an outstanding turf record of 7-3-2-1 and he won the rich "Del Mar Derby" (G2) on this course on Sept. 1, 2013. Obvious win candidate and the probable favorite.
3rd pick: #6 (Snaps) (7-2) - He's lightly-raced and speed/stalker has done his best racing on the turf 6-2-3-0. Five-year-old by "City Zip" likes it here 2-1-1-0 and is working fast for his first since Aug. 14. Must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #4 (Little Jerry) (6-1) - Another who has a speed/stalking style, he's in fine form at present and last out was a wire-to-wire winner facing a bit cheaper. However, his local record is poor (4-0-0-0), and he needs to address that fact for anything more than a minor award.