Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #4 (TURNED ASIDE) (5-2) - This colt has good early speed and an experience edge on most. Son of 'American Pharoah' finished pace-setting here at this level and distance Sept. 27, and I give him top billing today.
2nd pick: #10 (Imperial Moment) (6-1) - Another son of 'American Pharoah,' he raced close up and evenly when finishing a 1/2-length behind 'Turned Aside' when both runners were debuting here Sept. 6. Trainer Bill Mott is almost always better second time out, and this Juddmonte colt enters off a pair of quick half-mile breezes.
3rd pick: #9 (Gunman) (5-1) - A debuting son of 'War Front,' this home bred has worked a half-dozen times since Sept. 1, and the colt is from the barn of Todd Pletcher, 66 of 287 (23%) first out in 2018-19.
4th pick: #1 (Menelik) (9-2) - Yet another son of 'American Pharoah,' this colt sold for $550,000 as a Keeneland Sales Yearling back in Sept. of 2018. Debuting runner enters off of four straight above average local works, including a sharp half-mile from the gate Sept. 22. A threat if ready.