Top pick: #5 (ROCK OFF) - He just failed last out after seeting a solid pace and battling all the way to the wire to miss by a 1/2 length. The winner was a heavy favorite who was returning from a long layoff and a switch to the Baffert barn. Son of "Rock Hard Ten" has been competitive in most all of his grass starts and has a bullet local 3 furlong breeze 5 days ago.
2nd pick: #4 (Bucfiftytwo) - Price play was away slowly and had some traffic issues at Del Mar in early August when debuting in a 5.5 furlong contest on the all weather surface. On the sidelines since, son of "Scat Daddy" is working fast and is bred for the infield.
3rd pick: #8 (Dreamcatcher) - He ran evenly on the local main-track when debuting in a sprint a month ago and trainer (John Sadler 21% 2nd time out) moves him to the turf and stretches him out in distance. Son of "Tapit" is bred for grass success and home-bred should be a square price.