Top pick: #5 (SOUND OF DRUMS) (5-1) - He finished fourth at this level and distance at Belmont on Oct. 17th after shipping from Finger Lakes off a career best win two weeks earlier. Stalker can win this with his best.
2nd pick: #3 (So Scott) (5-2) - Old-timer is the field's leading earner ($344K), trainer Dave Jacobson has freshened him up since Aug. 16th. The "class" of the group, he's done well on this main-track in the past (3-1-2-0), and is a win candidate if ready off the 80-day break.
3rd pick: #4 (Suilleabhain) (20-1) - Longshot runs off a private sale and a trainer change to Randi Persaud. New barn moves him from turf to dirt and stretches him out a furlong. His maiden win came on this surface in early April, and gelding can impact at a big price.
4th pick: #2 (Ghostly Vision) (7-2) - Colt is in shape and comes off a third place finish at this condition at Belmont on Sept. 27th. Stalker had a sharp work on the 27th, and should factor against these.