Top pick: #2 (IMMORTAL EYES) - Much improved runner since coming back from an 11-month layoff in early August. Speed/stalker tries an entry-level allowance after winning a starter-allowance on October 1 at Belmont. Big breeze on the Oct. 12 indicates he remains sharp. The top pick.
2nd pick: #3 (Redding Colliery) - He's raced evenly in a trio of starts at and around this level after coming back from a 4 1/2 month layoff in early August. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin adds blinkers this afternoon, a 23% winning move by the barn. The main danger.