Top pick: #4 (COOL COLONY) (7-2) - Speedy sort stretches back out in distance after setting a quick & pressured pace and tiring to finish 3rd here at this tag going 7 furlongs on Sep 10. Gelding had finished 2nd in his previous start at Monmouth running at this distance and can take this with a repeat of that effort.
2nd pick: #7 (Quality Harbor) (5-2) - The probable favorite, grey colt tired badly last out facing better in his first race in two months. He's worked fine since and trainer Kate DeMasi will drop him down to a new low in price. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #2 (Kay One) (5-1) - He's finished 2nd in 7 of 13 starts this year and speed/stalker moves up in price in his first off a Tim Smylie claim. Well-bred 4yo has run 2nd in two straight on this surface and can factor with his best.
4th pick: #5 (Tentimesthetrouble) (4-1) - Lightly raced Cal-bred raced evenly here going 7 furlongs for a $16K tag on Aug 24th in his first since coming east and first in two months. Barn stretches him back out and his lone win came at this distance at Golden Gate Fields on march 17.