Top pick: #7 (GATO'S PIRATE) - Veteran did not break sharply here on June 21st but did well to finish third with a very wide rally. Race was his first in eight months and 8-year-old has plenty of back class in his past. The top choice.
2nd pick: #2 (Amen Baby) - Improving with each start since coming back from a long layoff in late April. Has early speed and he ran fourth at this tag and distance June 18th. His speed makes him dangerous.
3rd pick: #1 (Mr. Sass) - 11-year-old was an easy wire-to-wire winner two back at Fairmount Park and then ran an even third here at this level two weeks later. Twenty-three time winner has always liked this surface (13-4-5-2) and is a contender from his inside post.