Top pick: #9 (GOLDZAR) - Gelding showed very good speed in Kentucky, coming to the stretch with the lead, but unable to hold on. Those fields were tougher than he faces here, and he should lead this group from gate to wire.
2nd pick: #4 (El Supremo) - Sharp barn (Gerald Bennett) sends out runner fresh off a 10-week freshening. He tired last out as the favorite going a distance. Working well, shortens-up in yardage, and drops in class. Win threat.
3rd pick: #6 (Cashenclosed) - First-timer by "Malabar Gold" has some better than average works on view and has a pair of "siblings" that both won early in their careers.