Top pick: #7 (GROUPTHINK) (9-5) - He's raced well at 3-0-2-1 in all his appearances, and has had trouble at the break in each. $220K son of "Majestic Warrior" will have blinkers added and has been working very fast since his last race. The blinkers move is a 27% winning angle for Chad Brown, and this colt looks all set.
2nd pick: #4 (Executive Office) (4-1) - Bet down to favoritism when debuting at Belmont for a $50K tag in early Sept., gelding broke on top and stayed on strongly to miss by less than a length. Claimed that day by Linda Rice, she moves him up in class off a three month layoff.
3rd pick: #5 (Forged) (3-1) - Debuting gelding ships up from Florida where trainer Todd Pletcher (29% first out) has prepared him at the Palm Meadows training center. Major player if ready.
4th pick: #2 (American Creed) (12-1) - Longshot last raced at Churchill Downs in mid-September and colt moves from the barn of Wayne Lukas to that of Tom Albertrani. Son of "Quiet American" raced both wide and evenly in his only previous dirt sprint and he could impact at a big price.