Top pick: #2 (NO BRAKES) (8-1) - Price play raced evenly here at this tag on Aug. 25 and he was forced into a wide trip after breaking from an outside post. 11-time winner has back class, a better starting slot, and a strong finishing kick. Veteran can take this at long odds.
2nd pick: #6 (Handsome Harbor) (5-2) - Clearly the main speed, he runs first off a Claudio Gonzalez claim. Grey gelding tired badly the day he was taken for $16K, but was forced to run a contested :45 flat half-mile that day. The stretch-out in distance and a potential easy early lead makes him very dangerous.
3rd pick: #1 (Wise Jane) (3-1) - Improving gelding finished fourth of eight, beaten 2 1/2 lengths racing here at this level on Aug. 25 in his first off a Patty Farro claim. He has the rail and must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #7 (Framed) (4-1) - The combination of no early speed and a tough outside post makes this runner's chances difficult, but not impossible. Veteran needs a fast/and or contested pace for any shot at the win end.