Top pick: #2 (WILD BANSHEE) - Son of "Afleet Alex" is working fast for this and his trainer, John Kimmel will shorten him up in distance, switch him from turf to dirt, and run him in a claimer for the first time. Has the rail and he's the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Quippery) - He also is working fast and also drops into a claimer for the first time. $340,000 son of "Forest Wildcat" has Dominguez aboard and has some early speed.
3rd pick: #8 (Chrome Cruiser) - He finished a close-up second at Belmont Oct. 15 going a mile in his first for trainer Bruce Levine and his first ever on conventional dirt. Cuts-back in distance and will need to come off the pace against these.
4th pick: #1 (Weak Dollar Policy) - He's been scratched several times looking for the right spot for his first back off a year's layoff. Continues to work fast and he showed some speed in '09 in his two starts.