Top pick: #8 (CHICSDIGTHESHARK) - Speedy and lightly-raced gelding set a pressured pace before tiring last out at Fairplex. Effort came first off a Bill Spawr claim and he can take this on the front-end.
2nd pick: #4 (Turn On the Brites) - Gelding showed fine early speed before weakening when debuting at Del mar for a $40K tag on Aug. 23. Home-bred has his priced halved this afternoon, meets a poor group, and is a major factor if he takes to the real dirt.
3rd pick: #9 (Dr. Nip) - The probable favorite, he drops back down after a pair of fourth-place finishes at Fairplex facing tougher. He seems better suited on bigger surfaces and is a win candidate.