Top pick: #6 (MIDNIGHT COMMUNION) - Lightly-raced five-year-old has finished second in his last pair, one at this tag and the other in a state-bred stakes at Pimlico last out. The faster the pace, the better his chances. The top pick.
2nd pick: #5 (Barcola ) - He's nearing the end of the line but former stakes winner still can compete at this bottom level. Has good speed and last out he finished a pace-setting second in the mud at Belmont racing for $10K. Win contender.
3rd pick: #9 (Media Play ) - Has some speed, but there is other signed on. He's stalked successfully in the past and will need that straetgy today to be a threat.