Top pick: #9 (EXPLAIN) (12-1) - Price play has done his best work on real dirt 10-3-3-1 and runs 2nd off a re-claim by Bob Diodoro. Stakes winner draws a nice outside post at this trip and drops to a new low in price.
2nd pick: #8 (Truelee Scrappin) (5-1) - Once classier type is stringing starts together after coming off a long layoff (17 months in mid-June). All four wins have come on real dirt and three have come at this distance.
3rd pick: #1 (Chicsdigtheshark) (3-1) - Speedy gelding is 3 for 4 on this surface and two have come at this trip. Working fast locally for this, he has the rail and a good "speed' rider in Delgadillo aboard. Win candidate.
4th pick: #2 (Dress Code) (4-1) - No speed type comes off a pair of even efforts at Del Mar facing a bit tougher and drops down a bit this afternoon. The last time he ran at this level, 4yo finished 2nd at Hollywood on June 9th.