Top pick: #6 (WHIRLWIND POPPY) - Son of "Millenium Wind" raced evenly and finished 4th of 11 in his debut at Belmont sprinting on July 25. Working well for this, his trainer (Mike Maker) sends him long in start No. 2. Maker wins at a 23% rate second time out and is deadly on the stretch-out (31%). The top pick.
2nd pick: #8 (John Wyatt) - He's racing into shape and his latest was very encouraging. Goes third off a break and he's in the always dangerous barn of Richard Dutrow Jr. Contender.
3rd pick: #7 (Brazen Cat) - The main speed, he opened a big lead at Belmont July 9 and tired in the last furlong to run second. Race was his first on the infield and was his best yet. Win candidate.