Top pick: #2 (NAVY HYMN) (5-2) - The probable favorite, he set a quick and pressured pace and held to finish second when debuting at Los Alamitos Race Course July 4. Well backed that afternoon, he can win this with a repeat of that effort.
2nd pick: #4 (Benesh) (6-1) - Price play has raced evenly in his first pair facing tougher. Son of 'Street Boss' sold for $130K this past March as a 2-year-old in training. Trainer John Sadler drops him into a claimer, has him working very fast, and he replaces Drayden Van Dyke with Victor Espinoza.
3rd pick: #7 (D. Shifflett) (3-1) - One of a half-dozen that are making their debuts, gelding was working fast at Arlington Park before shipping here. In a winning barn (Mike Stidham), he's by a win-early sire ('Valid Expectations') and Bejarano is aboard.
4th pick: #3 (Last One Standing) (4-1) - Trainer Pete Miller won a pair on yesterday's opening program. He sends out this colt by 'A.P. Warrior' for his debut off of a steady work tab at San Luis Rey Downs. Can factor if ready.