Top pick: #6 (LAVENHAM) - Claimed at Churchill Downs on June 16th for $7500 trainer Jamie Ness brings her east and will drop her under the purchse price of $7500. Veteran mare is a speed/stalker, meets a weak field, and Ness wins at a 34% rate first off a claim. Six-year-old wins this with her best.
2nd pick: #1 (Queen Rolex) - Speedy mare has the rail and is stringing starts together following a pair of long layoffs. She was very sharp in a pair of starts earlier in the meet after returning from a 14-month absence, but did not run well last out. She's one of a pair entered by trainer Gail Hanford and they race as separate interests.
3rd pick: #4 (Roundly) - The second of the Hanford is working steadily for her first start since late January. She has a lot of back class and seven lifetime wins on this surface, with the balance of the field having eight total.