Top pick: #7 (CRESPANO) - Daughter of "Mineshaft" ran a career best figure when she missed by a nose racing here at this level going 6 furlongs on Aug 5th. Race was her first in two months and she's since come back with a bullet half-mile breeze Aug 26th. She travels an extra 1/16th today and that's in her favor.
2nd pick: #8 (Sly Warrior) - She was beaten less than a length in her debut at Belmont June 13th and has won both of her subsequent starts. Latest came here on August 2nd and that was her first off a Mike maker claim. A bullet 5 furlong drill on August 20th suggests she remains sharp.
3rd pick: #9 (Welcome Guest) - Highly thought of by trainer Chad Brown earlier this year, grey daughter of "Unbridled's Song" has been on the sidelines since tiring badly in the (G2) Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico May 18th. Working fast for her return and the "red hot" Ramon Dominguez is aboard.