Top pick: #5 (WIE EIN STEIN) - He has the best speed of this crew and will drop down to the local bottom ($5000) for the first time. He's finished second and third in two tries at this 3l condition racing for $7500 and this slight drop should do the trick.
2nd pick: #8 (Checkpoint Charlie) - Has speed, back class, and ships in from Laurel off a strong second-place finish there at this price three weeks ago. Race was his best yet and he draws a nice outside post. His lone win came here on August 17 in his only previous race on this surface.
3rd pick: #4 (Freuds Ana Streak) - New York-bred was stakes placed several times earlier in his career but was sent here following a god try at Saratoga on July 23 facing $15K "open" 2l foes. He won here racing for $7500 on Aug. 31 to clear the 2l condition, then tracked and weakened last out to finish 1 1/2 lengths back of "Stein". Factors this afternoon.