Top pick: #1 (IL VILLANO) - Philly shipper has been bet heavily in both appearances and was an impressive 11 length wire-to-wire winner there in fast time on Oct. 24. Grey colt has the rail, is working nicely for this, and rider Flores makes the trip with the colt. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #5 (Dangerous Trick) - Speed/stalker is another that is comong off a maiden win, her initial victory coming at Monmouth Oct. 16. Capable barn (Terri Pompay) has him et for a big race.
3rd pick: #7 (Clip the Coupons) - He's been in pretty deep in two starts since getting his maiden win when debuting at Saratoga in mid-August. He's working very fast for his first strt since Oct. 2 and trainer Chad Brown may have turned him around.