Top pick: #1 (FLOW NATURAL) (2-1) - He enters off a second-place finish here at this tag and trip Oct. 4. Lightly-raced, in a winning barn, and one-run type has the rail. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Slap Shot) (7-2) - Stretch-out sprinter is also dropping back down after racing evenly facing better last out. He'd gone 3-0-2-1 prior to that at this tag and is a win candidate this evening.
3rd pick: #6 (Offside) (3-1) - Fort Erie invader is dropping a bit in price and stretching out in distance in his second off a nine week break. In a winning barn (Bob Johnston) and Canadian bred must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #7 (Skiptothelane) (5-1) - Shipper tends to race evenly and will need to improve for anything more than a minor award. Not impossible given this fields overall weakness.