Top pick: #7 (GROUNDWORK) - Speed/stalker finished second here at this price and distance July 28 in his first ever on this surface and he's brought back quickly (13 days) by trainer Bob O'Connor. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #5 (Fu Man ) - He's finished second in his last pair, both local starts for this tag and has raced himself into shape following a long vacation. Can go to the top or stalk and is a win threat with either strategy.
3rd pick: #10 (Self Interest) - First-time starter from the Todd Pletcher barn coast a snall fortune ($260,000) and makes his debut late in his three-year-old season for $10,000 so he must have some major issues. That said, he meets an ordinary group at this price and he had a fine half-mile drill here July 18.