Top pick: #1 (ENTRY OF 1-BE BULLISH and 1a-CHEROKEE ARTIST) - Trainer Dave Jacobson has jockey Corey Lanerie listed on both halves of this entry and only according the NYRA rules only one can go. Veteran "Be Bullish" is back in shape and one-run type is dropping down in class. He's finished second in four of eight local starts and all came facing tougher. Old timer "Cherokee Artist" ships from Monmouth where he won a small stakes last out in his second off a Jacobson claim and a subsequent five month layoff.
2nd pick: #6 (Frazil) (4-1) - Another grizzled veteran, he's racing second back from almost a three month layoff and speedster was a bit short in his return run at Belmont when racing at this level on June 21st. He's won here in the past and should be involved from start-to-finish.
3rd pick: #4 (Piquant) (7-2) - Over the past 19 1/2 months this gelding has gone 18-4-7-3 and he comes off a second-place finish at Belmont on June 21st. Stalker likes this distance 7-2-3-0 and must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #8 (One Kings Man) (12-1) - No-speed type is a two-turn specialist, but has won at this trip in the past. In shape and a stretch threat if a fast and/or contested pace develops.