Top pick: #6 (SCHOOLYARD DREAMS) - Has the best early speed of this small field and draws a nice post to use it from. Lightly-raced colt has been freshened-up since finishing second at Monmouth facing weaker on Sept. 4. Had some promise at one time, but his career has been beset by many layoffs. Has a solid shot at knocking off "Hymn Book", the presumed heavy favorite.
2nd pick: #1 (Hymn Book) - The probable favorite moves back to the dirt where he finished in the Suburban H. (G2) here on July 2. Last out at Saratoga he raced evenly in the G2 Bernard Baruch on the turf and is a major player today at a short price.