Top pick: #2 (NEILOS) (3-1) - Colt has taken some money in both appearances and comes off a second-place finish here at this level and distance on Sept. 23. He has the rail, a nice work eight days ago, and is in a winning barn (Steve Klesaris).
2nd pick: #3 (Rebranded) (2-1) - New York shipper from the Pletcher barn finished third in a strong field sprinting at saratoga on Aug. 17, then tired after a poor start and wide trip last out at Belmont going a mile. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #1 (Undertaker) (6-1) - He's part of a John Servis trained entry and he has different jockeys listed on both halves. This grey colt raced evenly when debuting here on Sept. 23 and was 11 back of "Neilos" that afternoon. Trainer wins at a solid 26% rate second time out and he adds both blinkers (27%) and lasix (19%).
4th pick: #6 (Roman Fire) (8-1) - Home-bred by "Roman Ruler" raced evenly when debuting here in a sprint on Sept. 28 and a strong second out barn (Tony Dutrow 32%) will stretch him out in distance (20%) and he adds blinkers (33%).