Top pick: #4 (ANGEL'S TUNE) - Grey colt raced evenly after breaking slowly in his debut here July 12 going 5 furlongs. Trainer Todd Pletcher has worked him twice since, and that includes a nice breeze from the gate Aug. 1. Home-bred is the horse to beat as he stretches out in distance.
2nd pick: #2 (Bob Got Loaded) - Training steadily for his debut and his trainer (Tony Dutrow) has had a lot of success with first time starters going a mile or more when going to the gate for the first time (22%). Has a good post, Dutrow's main rider Jeremy Rose is aboard, and this field isn't that strong for the level.
3rd pick: #5 (Sound Effect) - Grey son of "Rockport Harbor" has a steady work tab and has a bullet 5 furlong move here July 28. Home-bred is in the barn of Mike Stidham, and he wins at a 13% rate first out and that a 22% clip when going a mile or more. Leading rider Joe Rocco Jr. is aboard.