Bet this race at Top pick: #1 (Somelikeithotbrown) (4-1) - Somelikeithotbrown gets the #1 post for this race, and he has been dynamite at this 1 1/16 distance. The son of 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, Big Brown, won its last 1 1/16 race at Belmont. The previous two times at this distance, he won at Saratoga along with a 2nd place finish at Pimlico. Jockey Jose Ortiz is riding a horse that has four victories and three 2nd place finishes at this distance.
2nd pick: #8 (Bye Bye Melvin) (10-1) - Consistent Bye Bye Melvin had a great run at Keeneland four weeks ago with a short lead into the stretch before getting nosed out by Midnight Tea Time. That was a slightly longer distance than this race. He's the homebred son of champion Uncle Mo, the Thoroughbred who went undefeated and was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old of 2010. In the last four races, Bye Bye Melvin has one 3rd place finish, two 2nds, and a victory on the one-mile Saranac at Saratoga.
3rd pick: #5 (Sacred Life) (7-5) - Six-year-old Sacred Life has six 2nd place finishes in its last 12 races and one victory in the 1 1/16-mile Oceanport Stakes last year. In its most recent race, at Keenland last month, Sacred Life finished 3rd in his first race in seven months.