I thought this would be the ROTW but I guess it is not. Hopefully, some others have taken a look at the sheets for the race and can chime in.

Congaree – This looks to be the perfect time to bet against him. He will be the overwhelming choice now that Frankel scratched MDO, he is stretching out in distance, he has run 3 straight big negative figures with a pattern that could be interpreted as tailing off. The downside is that he looks to be the controlling speed and Baffert's stable is absolutely on fire right now. He may fool me yet again but I have to play against him.

Pleasantly Perfect – I absolutely love his line and he is bred to be a mile and a quarter horse. At the weights, he is not that much slower than Congaree's last 2 races and any sort of improvement on his part or regression on Congaree's part would place him ahead of the favorite assuming a decent trip. He should save ground early but give up some late although the small field should help in that regard. He is the obvious key in my opinion.

Milwaukee Brew – He is the other possible key. A consistent horse trained by Frankel that loves the 1,1/4 mile distance. At the weights he is definitely fast enough to win off his last race. Unfortunately, that was a big new top as a 6yo but he had a solid 5yo line for Frankel and another big effort would not be a surprise.

Kudos – Certainly has a shot. I don't like him as much as PP but he is fast and probably needed his last and he could finish in the mix.

The rest look overmatched and will crack the top 4 only if one of the above runs a dud.

I will key PP and toss Congaree. If Congaree wins, I will not cash. If he does not win, then the further down that he finishes the better I will do.

Any other opinions out there?

This is the best card at SA that I have seen in quite a while.

Good luck.

Chris