Top pick: #10 (SILVERSTRIKEXPRESS) (7-2) - He comes off a career best when he was was an impressive gate-to-wire winner here for a $5K tag on Aug. 31 to get his maiden win. The figure earned was by far the best of any last out and he can take this with a repeat of it.
2nd pick: #4 (Elusive Male) (5-1) - He moves down in class, goes turf to dirt, and shortens up in distance after a poor effort here on the grass facing tougher on Aug. 18. Race was his first facing winners and gelding by "Smary Jones" had gone 3-1-2-0 on the local dirt prior to his latest. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #8 (Bold Seeker) (8-1) - Colt enters off of a pair of local second-place finishes and both came at this level. One-run type fits and must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #3 (Friendly Encounter) (9-2) - Speedy sort has been freshened up since Aug. 4 and will be dropping in class and going "poly" to dirt. Gelding is one-for-one on conventional dirt, and that win came here almost a year ago.