Top pick: #6 (SAGINAW) - He looked super here winning the $100K Morrissey stakes for state-breds going 6.5 furlongs on August 1st. Race was his first since being overmatched in the Metropolitan Hdcp.(G1) on Memorial Day and he's now won 5-of-6 since being claimed by Dave Jacobson in early March. Nicely spotted in this field of "open" starter-hdcps. foes and he's drawn outside od all of the speed types. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Strapping Groom) - He's improved noticeably this year and has been razor sharp in his last three appearances. 5-year-old has won two in a row and goes today for the first time since winning a mile race at this level at Belmont June 29th.