Top pick: #9 (SPIRIT OF ROSE) - Races for the red-hot barn of Linda Rice and this daughter of "City Zip" is capable on turf or dirt. Speed/stalker races third back of a long layoff and last year she defeated a field of colts when racing on the dirt at the Meadowlands. The top pick.
2nd pick: #8 (Bernie's Pal) - Also trained by Rice and the two will race as separate interests. Capable on either surface lightly-raced filly by "Hook and Ladder" won here in a switched contest July 26. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Mystic City) - Has some speed and a "bullet" drill in the mud at Finger Lakes August 16. She's better on the turf, but can run some on the main-track.