Top pick: #9 (FIVE PERCENT OURS) - Grey gelding ships from Penn National where he set the pace and held to finish second last out facing state-breds special weights on August 8th. He draws a nice outside post and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #8 (Star Factor) - Debuting son of "Songandaprayer" is working well at Monmouth for his first outing. In a very good barn (Ed Plesa Jr) and jockey Angel Serpa is coming in from Jersey for the mount.
3rd pick: #3 (Bayou Bengal) - Colt showed noticeable improvement in his second start when he rallied to finish second when racing at Delaware last out at this level and distance July 25th. He's worked twice since and can factor with a repeat of his latest.