Top pick: #3 (BOTTLEOFREDORWHITE) (5-2) - Lightly-raced gelding is one of seversl going turf to dirt and this 3-year-old has early speed, is improving, and will be dropping down. In the Pletcher barn and the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Bird Hunter) (8-1) - He showed good early speed facing tougher when debuting here going 7-furlongs on Nov. 10. The barn of Steve Asmussen is always better second-time out (24%), and they win at the same clip when droping runners into claimers for the first time.
3rd pick: #1 (Nail It) (3-1) - Another going grass to dirt and he's racing second back off an 11 month layoff. Good barn (Mike Hushion) drops him into a claimer for the first time and this Broman home-bred draws the rail.
4th pick: #2 (Sightseeing) (5-1) - He's disappointed in many of his starts and will be racing on dirt for the first time. He runs second off a Tom Morley claim and they drop him back down, shorten him up, and have him running without blinkers for the first time.