Top pick: #6 (AMERICAIN) - Lightly raced and classy colt by "Dynaformer" brings a solid record from France (10-3-3-1) and is training well for his first North American start. Now in the Pletcher barn, he'll race with lasix for the first time. The top selection.
2nd pick: #8 (Quijano) - Classy German-bred runner is (28-14-4-2) and has banked almost $2.5 million. Proven against world-class runners all over the globe and he comes into this off a big try in the "Man O'War" (G1) at Belmont. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Lauro) - Dangerous runner brings a flexible style to the race and has proven to be a classy runner wherever he's raced. Distance is not a problem and he's a win candidate.
4th pick: #1 (Grand Couturier) - He's won the last two runnings of this $500,000 race and he'll be making his third start of the season (often a horse's best). Draws the hedge and has been pointed towards this race for some time now. Needs to step it up off his first pair of '09 outings.