Top pick: #6 (POORPETE) - Finger Lakes shipper stretches back out off a pair of fourth-place finishes there in bottom level sprints. Gelding's best race ever came when he set the pace and held for second at this distance on Sept. 1. Rider Gabriel Suarez is in for the mount.
2nd pick: #9 (Summer Medallist) - Part of a heavily favored entry last out, he raced evenly on a sloppy track in a race won by a "much the best" wire-to-wire winner who was shipping in from Hawthorne. Stretches-out today and is a win candidate.
3rd pick: #5 (Mirkwood Forest) - Tends to run evenly, but fits with this group and last out showed some improved early speed. Gelding by "Forest Danger" should be in contention turning for home.