Top pick: #5 (MICO MARGARITA) (8-5) - Colt broke his maiden going gate-to-wire on the Belmont dirt Sept. 15, then finished a pace-pressing third at Santa Anita in the $100K Breeders' Cup Turf Preview Stakes on Nov. 3. Training fine since, he'll be racing on a synthetic surface for the first time.
2nd pick: #1 (Z Big Apple) (9-5) - He's the probable favorite and comes into this after finishing a close up fourth on this surface going 7 furlongs in a (G3) stakes on Thanksgiving Day. Stalker has the rail, is brought back quickly, and resides in the Baffert barn.