Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #2 (TRUE GOLD) (5-2) - Home bred colt moves back in with maidens following a pair of stakes races. Very wide last out in a $250K contest at Belmont going a mile, son of 'Frost Giant' had finished second in his previous pair. One-run type gets a small edge.
2nd pick: #10 (Kadens Courage) (5-1) - Another son of 'Frost Giant', he enters off a rather disappointing distant third-place finish here going 6 furlongs Nov. 17. Much sharper in his previous pair, home bred has early speed, a good post, and Irad Ortiz Jr stays aboard.
3rd pick: #5 (Crack Shot) (6-1) - One of seven making their debuts, he's one of two entered by trainer Jeremiah Englehart and the pair race uncoupled. $110,000 purchase had two very fast works from the gate at Belmont in the first part of October and is dangerous if repeatable in 'live' action.
4th pick: #7 (Hot Diggity) (7-2) - The second of the pair from the barn of Jeremiah Englehart, gelding rallied to miss by just a 1/2 length going 6 furlongs Oct. 26 at Belmont. An obvious contender.