Top pick: #2 (Love Reigns) (4-1) - Two races at this 5 1/2 furlongs, two victories. Love Reigns won the Bolton Landing Stakes turf sprint in August at Saratoga at 1:02.03. Prior to that, Love Reigns blazed on this Keeneland course with an eye-popping 9 3/4-length debut win at 5 furlongs in 1:02.33. Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. has ridden her in all three starts and should make it three-for-three.
2nd pick: #7 (Oxymore ) (8-1) - A good track for this speedy gelding with two wins and one second-place finish. Stretched out to 1-mile the last time out, Oxymore finished second at Monmouth Park. But in the previous two races at 5 1/2 and 6 furlongs, this Chad Brown horse won, including the Skidmore Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths for jockey Jose Ortiz. Ortiz will be aboard for this ride.
3rd pick: #11 (Speed Boat Beach) (6-1) - Two races, one on turf and one on dirt, and two wins for this 2-year-old colt. Speed Boat Beach won the 5-furlong Speakeasy Stakes despite the outside post position and an awkward start coming out of the gate. This Bob Baffert horse still won by 1 lengths and will be in the running here.