Top pick: #3 (TIARA GOLD) (7-2) - Lightly-raced and speedy she enters off a daylight wire-to-wire win here at this tag and trip on July 4th. She cleared the 21 condition that day and she gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #5 (Two Blue Hens) (9-5) - New York shipper has been freshened up since late May and will be taking a big drop in class. She runs off a private trainer change to Ron Dandy and he's done very well with horses previously in the barn of Bruce Levine. Very strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #2 (Merger) (3-1) - Stalker stretches out a furlong off a pair of solid efforts here at this level going 6 furlongs. Her latest produced a career best figure, and 3-year-old is a stretch threat in this spot.
4th pick: #7 (Elite Honor) (6-1) - Stalker has been beaten by "Merger" in her last pair, but one of those defeats was by only a 1/2 length. She may grab a share at a square price.