Top pick: #4 (POINT TAKEN) (5-2) - Veteran has a great year going (15-5-5-1), and he was a winner at this trip on Aug. 21st at Saratoga. In form, in the barn of leading trainer Dave Jacobson, and gelding is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Cougar Ridge) (4-1) - Lightly raced 3yo gelding ships in from Churchill where he was an easy winner in an entry-level allowance on Nov. 13th. Well-bred, he spent the first part of his career over-seas, and showed some quality there.
3rd pick: #6 (Mr Palmer) (5-2) - No speed type runs third back from a long layoff, and will get a bit of class relief today after showing nothing in a pair of stakes. Can factor, but will be over-bet.