Top pick: #4 (CORONATE) (5-2) - He's been competitive in all three starts, and comes off a pace-setting third place finish here going longer on Dec. 18th. Race was his first for leading trainer Dave Jacobson, and he'll drop him in price and shorten him up in distance.
2nd pick: #2 (Team Lazarus) (7-2) - Speedy sort has been freshened up since finishing second here on the main-track going seven furlongs on Nov. 7th. Training well for this, he breaks just off the rail, and should be in this turning for home.
3rd pick: #6 (Oghma) (8-1) - Price play goes turf to dirt, cuts back in distance, has lasix added, and runs third back from a seven-month layoff. Dangerous rival, and at probable long odds.
4th pick: #1 (Distorted dream) (5-1) - Gelding is regressing of late, but still retains his early speed, and trainer Chris Englehart will put blinkers back on after a one race experiment. 4yo has the rail, and may hold on for a share.