Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #4 (ARBITRATOR) (2-1) - The probable favorite, he's training forwardly for his first start since Dec 4. Colt has raced rather poorly in his last pair off of layoffs, but they came in New Work facing tougher. He gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #2 (Irish Major) (7-2) - Gelding moves up in class and switches from grass to dirt. Three-year-old rallied to finish second here on the grass racing for a $35K tag June 20. This is his first ever on the dirt, but a bullet half-mile breeze on it July 11 suggests he'll handle the switch. A strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Beneficiary) (5-1) - Well bred and lightly-raced, he's another trying the dirt for the first time. Home bred has some early speed and his trainer (Arnaud Delacour) is 10 for 21 (48%) at this meet. That's a stat that's impossible to ignore.