Personally I've never been a Latent Heat fan, as I thought he was not the best horse in the San Carlos and only won because of a terrible ride on Proud Tower Too. The track that day was also very speed favoring and the rail was outstanding. He ran a pretty brave race in the Carter, dueling through extremely fast fractions before tiring late. He's a threat with a nice trip, but I don't know if he can hold the late runners off in the stretch here. I just can't back him with confidence at a mile.
I think Corinthian is going to get some bad money in here off of the no chance trip in the Excelsior. His two wins at Gulfstream both earned decent figures, but I was extremely un-impressed by the Gulfstream Park Handicap. The workout last Monday was scorching so he's probably fit, but I'd need 12 or 15-1 to take a chance.
Silent Name may be another who takes a bunch of money off the impressive Polytrack win, but the Commonwealth field was a berry patch compared to this field. For all the depth in the race I think it could end up being a ho-hum chalky finish with Lawyer Ron, Sun King, and Silver Wagon slugging it out.
Good luck to all playing.
NT
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