Top pick: #7 (CARACORTADO) - He ran one of the best races of his career last out when he came up a neck short of beating the classy Courageous Cat in the G1 Shoemaker Mile at Hollywood three weeks ago. Race was his first in two months and he's come-back with a bullet work here July 16. The top pick in a strong field.
2nd pick: #6 (Acclamation) - Speedy veteran has won two in a row in front-running fashion, the G2 Murray and the G1 Charlie Whittingham, both at Hollywood. He's won here in the past but tired in the 2010 edition of this stakes. His early speed always makes him a win candidate.
3rd pick: #5 (Smart Bid) - Sharp, consistent east coast invader is a graded stakes winner and always comes to run. He missed by a nose earlier this year in the G1 Gulfstream Park Turf H., and also ran 2nd in the G1 Turf Classic at Churchill Downs on the "Derby" under-card. Win candidate.