Top pick: #3 (FORT LARNED) (8-5) - He's now earned over $4M and his front-running style carried him to victory in last year's "Breeders' Cup Classic" (G1). Five-year-old is seeking to repeat in this historic stakes and comes into this off a career best when winning the (G1) "Stephen Foster" (G1) at Churchill on June 15th.
2nd pick: #5 (Ron the Greek) (6-1) - Strong finisher likes this distance (12-3-4-4), and should get a solid pace to held set up his closing kick. He would be helped greatly if "Cross Traffic" tries to run with "Larned" in the early stages.
3rd pick: #4 (Cross Traffic) (5-2) - Not many runners make the great leap forward that this grey son of "Unbridled's Song" has done in only four career starts. He lost a pair of "heartbreakers" earlier this year at Belmont and is training fast for his first ever around two-turns.
4th pick: #6 (Alpha) (10-1) - He dead-heated here last year in the "Travers" (G1) and is a perfect 3-for-3 on this surface. Training nicely, but needs his very best as Godolphin runner has been off form since early in the fall.