Top pick: #1 (ARTEMUS PAPERBOY) (3-1) - Stalker has won three in a row and last out was a winner here going a mile at this level on Dec. 26. It was his first ever going two turns and he earned a career best figure. From the Jacobson barn and he gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #2 (Poliziano) (5-2) - Speedy sort chased a solid pace and held to finish third here for a $20K tag on Dec. 14. That field was much tougher than this and he earned this field's highest last out figure that afternoon. Win candidate with Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard.
3rd pick: #4 (Le Deluge) (4-1) - Veteran is racing second off a negative barn change following a Nov. 21 claim. Gelding finished an even fourth here at this level in his first for the new barn and has beaten tougher in the past.
4th pick: #3 (Seeker) (6-1) - Gelding by "Hard Spun" has had a solid career sprinting and last out finished a pace-setting third going a one-turn mile Nov. 21. That was his first since Sept. 1 and his early speed makes him a bit dangerous.