Top pick: #5 (Running Bee) (9-2) - In the last five races, this Chad Brown horse has three victories and one second-place finish. He won at this distance last September and won the last time out at 1 1/16-miles at Keeneland. He finished second two races ago in the Tampa Bay Stakes in a close one to Never Explain, who had the No. 1 position.
2nd pick: #9 (Beatbox) (5-1) - Joel Rosario sits atop Beatbox, a horse that has finished first or second in four of his last five races. That included a win at the Fair Grounds Stakes at this same 1 1/8-mile distance, rallying to win by a neck, also with Rosario at the reigns.
3rd pick: #12 (Funtastic Again) (12-1) - The last three times this 4-year-old colt ran over a mile, he finished third twice along with one victory. He was third the last time out in the Kentucky Cup Classic.