The Blue Grass

This looks to be a very contentious race as there are several horse that can win.

Hold Me Back ran a very good race last time out. It is a little questionable that he can come right back with another big effort. I think his connections are also thinking along those lines. Right now they are trying to decipher exactly what kind of runner they actually have - along with the rest of us. Either way his last effort is the best effort of any among this group so if he runs anything near that effort he will win.

Charitable Man has a lot of potential however he might be trying to take too big a bite in this spot. first off the layoff stretching to a distance he never tried is a lot to ask and against a Graded field. It will be interesting to see how close he does get at the finish.

Terrain is the horse that should logically run a big race and should also be a solid price on the odds board. He ran consistently well as a 2-year-old and only lost by 2 1/4 lengths last year in The BC Juvenile. He has had one off the layoff and that was in the slop so he figures to come back with a big effort today.

Patena also has a chance to come back with a big race today given the facts that he ran well as a 2-year-old and faced a sloppy surface in his comeback effort last time out.