Top pick: #2 (TAPICAT) (9-5) - Lightly raced, well-bred, and she comes off a very strong local effort when she finished third on July 24th in the $200K "Lake George" stakes (G2). Race was her first since Feb. 2 when she won the (G3) "Florida Oaks" at Tampa Bay Downs. Speed/stalker is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #7 (Silsita) (4-1) - The Pletcher barn remains "red hot" at this meet, and he sends out this lightly raced filly by "Macho Uno." She won a $100K stakes here on July 20th in her first ever on the grass, and should be involved from start-to-finish.
3rd pick: #3 (Watsdachances) (2-1) - One of three entered who has won on this course in the past, and Irish import won a stakes here last year. Highly competitive (8-3-2-2), and last out she "necked" "Tapicat" out of the place spot in the "Lake George" stakes. In the win mix.
4th pick: #1 (Concise) (5-1) - English-import moves back in with her own age group after she rallied strongly to finish second here facing older runners on July 25th. Race was her first since coming across the Atlantic in late May, and trainer Graham Motion adds blinkers.