Top pick: #1 (DECEIVED) (5-2) - Colt broke poorly and tired badly after rushing up to finish a distant third to the undefeated and promising "Samraat" in the $100K "Damon Runyon" stakes here on Dec. 18. $180K 2-year-old purchase has worked well since and breaks from the rail.
2nd pick: #2 (Sidearm) (8-1) - Stretch-out sprinter has bee running well going shorter and has had some legitimate excises in severl of his defeats. In shape and this two-turn mile trip should pose no problem.
3rd pick: #6 (Storm) (5-1) - In the Pletcher barn, gelding won his debut when going a mile on the turf here Nov. 23. Gelding by "Artie Schiller" is working nicely at Belmont and had a sharp half-mile breeze just five days ago.