Top pick: #4 (RON BURGUNDY) - Gelding ships in from Presque Isle where he rallied to finish third there facing weaker on Sep 1st. He gets an important trainer change to Doug Shanyfelt (23% with new arrivals) and this three year old is clearly better on real dirt. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Quite Spectacular) - Speedys sort comes off a gate-to-wire maiden win here on a sloppy track on Sep 1st. Nicely-bred runner draws the rail and this colt by "Bernardini" is a threat right back.
3rd pick: #5 (High Native Fly) - Consistent colt is (6-1-1-2) locally and ships back from Presque Isle where he was competitive at this level racing on the "poly" surface. Speed/stalker is a strong factor this evening.