Top pick: #8 (SOCIALSAUL) (7-5) - Veteran has gone 5-4-1-0 since being claimed by Dave Jacobson on Sept. 1st. He has a fine record on wet tracks, loves this distance, and holds a big tactical advantage with his positional gate speed. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Fourseventeen) (10-1) - All of his success has been on the turf, but he draws the rail and ships back from Laurel off a good effort on the grass Nov. 13th.
3rd pick: #6 (Starof New York) (15-1) - Longshot drops down and stretches out in distance. Old timer has a fine record on the inner surface (10-3-2-1) and is 9-2-1-2 at this trip in the past. Can impact at a very big price.
4th pick: #2 (Lure of the South) (8-1) - Veteran is taking a sizable drop after a series of even efforts facing better. He's won twice here in the past and can factor with his best.
5th pick: #3 (Unbridled Logic) (12-1) - He has absolutely no early speed, but runs off a positive trainer change to Linda Rice. New barn drops him to a new low, and this stretch runner has gone 3-1-0-1 here in the past.