Top Pick: #5 How's Al Today (3-1) - This 2-year-old colt has three straight wins and turned heads last time out to win the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile from post position 9. He settled in seventh before making a sweeping move on the turn to win by 5 lengths.
2nd Pick: #13 Agate (10-1) - Earned an automatic "Win and You're In" berth after taking the Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes. Agate's last three races: two wins and one third-place finish at 1 1/16 miles. Agate took the Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes on this course four weeks ago with a powerful late rally, surging through the middle of the pack to make a move and besting favorite Bold Leadership.
3rd Pick: #12 Oscar (15-1) - Oscar has finished first and second in two races this year. 3-to-5 Al Hudaiba won the Summer Stakes six weeks ago, but 6-to-1 Oscar hung in there in a crowded field, picking up valuable experience and a second-place finish. Oscar also beat Bold Leadership in the previous race at 1 1/16 miles after fighting off a late challenge on turf.
4th Pick: #14 Great Barrier Reef (4-1) - This 2-year-old colt had a hot start to the year but has finished second and third the last two times out. Stepping up to his first Grade 1 race the last time out, Great Barrier Reef was third in the Dewhurst Stakes at 7 furlongs. He finished second in the Grade 3 Round Tower Stakes despite being the 4-5 favorite.