Top pick: #1 (BEYOND EMPIRE) (5-1) - Gelding has the rail and is bred to like this 1 1/8th mile distance. He has some early speed and enters this off a pair of fourth place finishes at this level at Belmont. Can take this at a square price, but make sure you reverse your exactas.
2nd pick: #3 (Do a Legger) (3-1) - Philly Park invader has spent his entire career there facing a bit cheaper "open" company. However, he has more wins (four) than any other entered, and three of those scores have come going two-turns. Very dangerous with the "red hot" Juan Ortiz taking the mount.
3rd pick: #6 (Jesse's Giant Dunk) (8-1) - He comes in off a third place finish at this level going 8.5-furlongs at Belmont on July 12. It was his first off a Jeremiah Englehart claim and first off a seven-week freshening. "Long winded" type can be a factor at a big price.
4th pick: #2 (Salisbury Knight) (9-2) - One of two expensive colts by "Bernardini" entered, this $250K yearling buy has been freshened up since June 19 when he raced both wide and evenly at this level going a mile at Belmont. Trainer Jimmy Jerkens has enjoyed a solid year, and this 3yo should be competitive in this spot.