Top pick: #3 (PEGASUS HELLAS) - Finger Lakes shipper exits a solid second place finish there racing at this level and it qualifies as the best from a figure stand-point that any of these ran in their most recent effort. Race was only 13 days ago and he can make his first Mountaineer appearance a winning one.
2nd pick: #7 (Rebellion Dog) - Another making his local debut and this lightly raced gelding has shown fine early speed in most of his starts. Drops down, stretches-out and makes his first start for trainer Ed Schilling (a strong 26% winning angle).
3rd pick: #8 (Proper's Ace) - He also has early speed and trainer Bill Martin will be sending him around two-turns for the first time. Arkansa-bred should be in this most of the way.