Bet this race at Top pick: #7 (In Italian) (3-1) - This Chad Brown horse shows no signs of slowing down, winning three straight races, and the last two were at this one-mile distance. In Italian took the Honey Fox Stakes last month from Post #9 while sprinting out to an early lead that it never lost. That's two straight gate-to-wire victories, and in four all-time races, In Italian has three wins and one second-place finish.
2nd pick: #6 (Lady Speightspeare) (5-2) - This daughter of Speightstown showed a brilliant burst of speed to take the lead and win the 7-furlong Bessarabian Stakes. This horse has also won the Grade 1, one-mile Natalma and finished third the last time out in the Grade 1, 1 1/16 Jenny Wiley Stakes. That's four first-place finishes, one second, and two thirds in eight races.
3rd pick: #5 (Wakanaka) (5-1) - In 10 races, Wakanaka has finished first or second nine times (six firsts). Wakanaka had a second-place finish at Gulfstream Park the last time out in the Honey Fox Stakes at this same one1-mile distance, and trainer Bill Mott has won the Distaff Turf Mile a record four times.