Top pick: #2 (House of Pegasus) (4-1) - Speedy colt is dropping in class, moving from turf to dirt, and is making back-to-back starts for the first time. Heavily backed in his first pair, trainer Kate DeMasi reaches out to Kendrick Carmouche for this sttempt.
2nd pick: #1 (Writers Block) (5-2) - The main speed, he's going grass to dirt and moves from an outside post to the rail in this abbreviated sprint. He's finished third in both tries at this level on the dirt and is a strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (England) (9-5) - Freshened up since July 12th, stalker is racing first off a claim and is moving up a bit in class. Gelding has the highest figures of any of these in his past and is an obvious threat if in shape.
4th pick: #7 (Tampa Bay Blue) (7-2) - Long time maiden was scratched out of yesterday's last race to await this spot. He's been competitive in three straight on the Presque Isle "poly" and can factor if he handles real dirt which he's racing on for the first time.