Top pick: #5 (MANHATTAN GIN) (3-1) - Speedy filly is racing herself back into shape after coming off a half-year's absence in late August. She finished a pace-setting second at Belmont Oct. 22 in her best since returning and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Da Wildcat Girl) (7-2) - Consistent filly has gone 11-4-3-1 to date and all have come on the dirt in sprints. She's won two in a row and races first off a claim by veteran Scott Schwartz. A win candidate if she holds her form off the barn switch.
3rd pick: #7 (Little Gidding) (4-1) - Speed/stalker has been beaten narrowly by "Da Wildcat Girl" the last two times they've met. She ships back from Maryland where she tired to finish fourth at Laurel in a starter-allowance. Daughter of "Mineshaft" can impact with her best.
4th pick: #3 (Foxbeau) (8-1) - Lightly-raced filly hasn't seen action since mid-March. Following the death of popular trainer Dom Galluscio filly was moved to the barn of Gary Gullo. She broke her maiden on this surface at this distance a year ago and can factor if ready off the eight month layoff.