Top pick: #7 (THERESA'S CANDYROSE) (5-2) - Home bred daughter of "Candy Ride" has been lightly raced and has been competitive on both turf and dirt facing tougher. Un-raced since early January, she's training steadily, drops to a new low, and trainer Jimmy Jerkens has Irad Ortiz Jr. signed on.
2nd pick: #5 (Rachel's Temper) (3-1) - "Rachel" enters off a career best when she finished second at this tag on a "sloppy" surface at Belmont Oct. 22. Like this contest, that race was switched to the main track and this improving daughter of "Flatter" is a very strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #4 (Is She Hot) (7-2) - She has a bit of speed but was almost 11-lengths back of "Rachel" last out but she did have a bit of a troubled beginning. Her early speed is a plus and its apprentice Silvera off and veteran Cornelio Velasquez on.
4th pick: #1 (Time for Harlan) (10-1) - She finished far back of both "Rachel" and "Is She Hot" last out and a small slice at a big price would appear to be her ceiling.