Top pick: #4 (READTHESMOKESIGNAL) (2-1) - He was a very impressive gate-to-wire maiden winner sprinting here for a 435K tag on Jan 10. Claimed that day by Bruce Levine(who's having an excellent meet) he moves him way up in price and stretches him out in distance. Barn is winning at a 29% clip first off the claim and this colt is the lone speed.
2nd pick: #6 (Ghostly Vision) (7-5) - He also comes off a maiden win and it came here at this distance on a muddy surface on Jan 12. Excellent effort for a lightly raced colt as he rallied to win going away in only his 2nd start and first around two-turns. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (Sinistra) (12-1) - He has more early speed than most and finished a solid 2nd last out at this level and distance at odds of 52-1. He's since come back with a fine work and can factor, but the top two picks are the likely winner of this contest.
4th pick: #2 (The Brothers Rap) (8-1) - He raced evenly last out and had some traffic issues when finishing 4 lengths back of "Sinistra". Home-bred draws a better post today and could grab a minor award with a "clean" trip.