Top pick: #3 (WARRIOR ACE) - Gelding by "Belong to Me" is a home-bred and is in a barn (Neil Howard) that's much better than it's "09" record. Gelding chased a fast pace at Saratoga in a turf sprint August 13th, his first race in 7 weeks, and last out chased the pace from a bad post going long here on the dirt. He has a pair of nice works since that effort and he'll be cutting-back in distance for this. The choice for the win.
2nd pick: #5 (Captain Poldark) - Logical contender finished a pace-chasing 2nd last out to a heavily favored winner. Effort showed a big step forward off his debut and he's a win candidate today.
3rd pick: #8 (Great Dancer) - He shortens-up in distance, goes turf to dirt, and makes his 3rd lifetime start. Fine a.m. move on the 13th and he could impact this from his outside post.