Top pick: #7 (SILVER MAX) (5-2) - Front-runner comes off a career best when he went wire-to-wire at Monmouth on July 28th to win the "Oceanport" stakes (G3). Win was his 8th in a turf stakes and he looms the main speed again this afternoon.
2nd pick: #6 (Za Approval) (3-1) - Grey gelding has developed quickly over the past year and has gone 10-5-3-0 on the grass over the past 20 months. One-run type comes back from California where he finished second last out to the fleet "Obviously." Win candidate today.
3rd pick: #3 (Turallure) (6-1) - Strong finisher won this race back in 2011, but has been sparingly raced over the past two years. He just missed here last out when facing weaker and has worked fast since.
4th pick: #5 (Tetradrachm) (7-2) - Gelding enters off a career best when he defeated weaker on this surface Aug. 3 in his first back from a two month freshening. Win came in his first for trainer Bill Mott and he's worked fast since.