Top pick: #1 (BIG BLUE TALENT) (5-2) - Lightly-raced Ramsey home bred is stringing starts together after returning from a pair of layoffs. One-run type goes turf to dirt, draws the rail, and will be dropping in class. Gelding has "off" track experience and had been working fast at Churchill Downs before shipping east.
2nd pick: #2 (Mr. O'Leary) (8-5) - Speedy son of "Tale of the Cat" has been freshened up since tiring badly at Belmont when facing tougher on May 3rd. Working steadily for his return and trainer Chris Clement drops him into a claimer for the first time. Strong win candidate and I almost made him the top pick.
3rd pick: #4 (Beau Who) (6-1) - Canadian bred comes off a career best when he finished second at Belmont at this distance when racing for half this price. That was his first off a Chris Englehart claim and this one-run type needs a fast and/or contested pace for anything more than a small slice.