Top pick: #10 (DROGO) - The probable favorite, he's lightly raced and comes off a pace-setting second place finish here at this tag and trip on August 20th. Effort came second back off a two and a half month layoff and a repeat of it takes this.
2nd pick: #12 (Packer's Valley) - He's anchored on the also-eligible list at press time and needs a pair of scratches in the main-body to compete. Speed/stalker has been competitive in three straight here at this tag and was less than a length off of Drogo last out.
3rd pick: #11 (Thebritishrcoming) - He's another on the also-eligible list and only needs one scratch to get in. Colt has raced evenly in his first pair at Monmouth running for $20K and trainer John Tammaro will drop his price in half for his local debut.
4th pick: #5 (Pat Ron Potomac) - He's been competitive several times, has some early speed and stretches back out after finishing third here at this tag going seven furlongs Aug 19th. He'd finished fourth at this distance in his previous effort and can factor in this spot.