Top pick: #6 (THE FUNKY EXPRESS) - Very fast from the gate this daughter of "Freud" has won two in a row, including a wire-to-wire win last out at Delaware park in a $75,000 stakes. She was privately sold after that and runs this afternoon off a trainer switch to Dom Schettino. She has a fine work a week ago and will be tough to catch in this spot.
2nd pick: #5 (Vicki's Dancer) - She was scheduled to race on the turf when debuting Oct. 14 at Belmont, but won by over 6 lengths when the race was switched to the main track. Home-bred by the speedy "Disco Rico" came from off the pace on a muddy surface, and that's not easy to do first out.