Top Pick: #6 Crude Velocity (9-5) - Bob Baffert's undefeated 3-year-old thoroughbred colt comes off an impressive win in the Pat Day Mile by 3 3/4 lengths. The final time of 1:33.87 fell just 0.61 off the track record. Rider Florent Geroux was atop in that victory and will be for this one. In his first two races, Crude Velocity won despite getting a slow start in one and being bumped early in the other. Geroux told Baffert, "This is probably the best 3-year-old in your barn."
2nd Pick: #7 Englishman (3-1) - Lightly raced Englishman won his first two before finishing second in the Pat Day Mile to Crude Velocity, getting overpowered in the stretch.
3rd Pick: #5 Solitude Dude (6-1) - Flavien Prat gets to ride Solitude Dude, a horse that finished third when stepping up in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth, behind powerful Commandment and Chief Wallabee, two races ago.