Top pick: #4 (YANKEE FORTUNE) - He won the Hawthorne Derby (G3) back in 2010 and has been a steady performer on the grass his entire career (11-5-2-2). The recent part of his racing lines is full of layoffs, but he's making his third start in a row and last out he missed by a neck facing a bit tougher at Belmont on June 14th. Stalker is the choice in the historic trsck's opener of its 144th year.
2nd pick: #2 (Midnite Silver) - Veteran is (21-7-5-2) ovrall on the turf and he's exiting a pair of solid sprint efforts at Belmont since coming back from a seven week freshening July 8th. Stretches-out today and he's won 3-of-6 at this trip in the past.
3rd pick: #6 (Salto) - Irish-bred kept lofty company while racing in France during the early part of his career and came to the states last fall. Colt broke slowly in his U.S. debut and rallied to finish fifth, beaten 5 lengths in the (G3) Commonwealth S. at Churchill Downs Nov. 3. Training fast locally for his first start since then and a major threat with his best.