Top pick: #2 (STAT) - Impressive debut at Belmont saw this $400,000 son of "Unbridled's Song" rate early, rally strongly when asked, and drew off to a rather easy two length win. He's been stabled here since May, is working fast for this, and trainer Todd Pletcher picks this colt to represent his well-stocked barn to win this one time important stakes, the only major race here he has never won at this meet.
2nd pick: #6 (Trinniberg) - Ships up from Calder where he showed excellent speed in going wire-to-wire when debuting on July 8. From the first crop of "Teuflesberg", he draws a nice post to use his speed from and most of these runners are stalkers. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #1 (Union Rags) - He rallied from far back to break his maiden at Delaware July 12 and $390K colt by "Dixie Union" has a bullet half-mile work on this surface August 9. Stretch threat.