Top Pick: #3 Clock Tower (5-1) - Running over a mile hasn't worked out well for this 3-year-old gelding. Running at one mile has gone well; one mile on turf has been even better. Clock Tower won the one-mile 2024 Cecil B. DeMille on turf and a Maiden Special Weight at Kentucky Downs.
2nd Pick: #7 Reagan's Wit (5-2) - This 3-year-old colt finished fourth the last time out in the Transylvania Stakes, stretched out to 1 1/6-miles. Returning to this distance will help: Reagan's Wit finished second each time in two races at one mile on turf.
3rd Pick: #8 Curahee (8-1) - Rested Curahee has had a nice run over the last 10 months. In seven races, the horse has two victories and three second-place finishes. At the Bob Bork Texas Turf Mile Stakes, Curahee was second at 7-2 odds behind heavy-favorite Chasing Liberty.