Top pick: #2 (DON'T BLAME TEDDY) - Ellis Park invader was competitive in a pair there on the grass going two-turns. Runs today off a positive trainer switch to Matt Kintz and he'll move this gelding up in class, shorten him up in distance, and switch him from turf to dirt. Three-year-old has a bullet work on August 16 and Kintz wins at an 18% rate with new arrivals.
2nd pick: #7 (The Big Man) - Lightly raced, improving, and in a winning barn (Jeff Radosevich). Home-bred has been competitive in all three starts and last out rallied to run third at this level and distance. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Get There) - Gelding by "Dixie Union" comes here from Woodbine where he showed good speed facing tougher on the synthetic surface there. Runs off a trainer change to Sandy Atkins and she's having a great year.