Top pick: #2 (HOUSTON HARBOR) - Lightly raced son of "Rockport" is dropped way down by trainer Steve Asmussen ( who won a race here yesterday) and this $100K yearling purchase is spotted to pick up his 2nd win. Has the best early speed of these, Dominguez is aboard, and he could be "long gone" with an alert beginning.
2nd pick: #4 (Freuds Ana Streak) - New York-bred is amazingly only one of two runners in this large field to have run here before. He finished 2nd in here ( in a very small field) last year in a state-bred stakes.Goes turf to dirt and shortens-up in distance. Trainer Rudy Rodriguez also won one on Opening Day yesterday.
3rd pick: #1 (Swinging At Siro's) - Comes off a 2nd place finish facing $10K foes at Belmont June 18. Race was his best since last fall. Gelding has some early speed, draws the rail, and has a very sharp work at Belmont July 14.Price play.