Top pick: #8 (RAVALO) - Fast and fresh veteran ran as best he could at Keeneland last out on a surface that doesn't often favor front-runners. Still, that effort, his first in 75 days, should set him up well for this attempt. He has a great record at this distance (16-8-3-2) and multiple stakes winner is one for one on this course. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Silver Edition) - Hard-hitter rarely wins (four for 20), but has kept nothing but top company the past two years. In-shape and he's coming off a "troubled" fourth-place finish on "Derby Day" in the "Churchill Downs" (G2). He just missed here on "Preakness Day" last year in the "Hirsch Jacobs" (G3). Win threat from just off the lead.
3rd pick: #2 (Grand Traverse) - Very consistent runner is coming off his best race ever, a win at Churchill Downs on April 30. Figured earned that day in the slop at this distance was the first time he reached a "triple digit" figure. Should be in this from start-to-finish.