Top pick: #1 (MARV) (9-5) - Gelding moves up a bit in price after missing by a nose here going 6.5 furlongs Nov. 18 racing for a $20K tag. Since blinkers went on he's (4-0-3-1) and meets a weak field for this tag.
2nd pick: #5 (Only the Gold) (8-5) - He cost $230K and today drop him into a claimer for the first time. Gelding raced evenly after a slow start going "down the hill" at Santa Anita on Oct. 19 in his first start since March 10. Obvious threat on the drop.
3rd pick: #6 (Hold'em Hustler) (5-1) - Grey gelding by "Alphabet Soup" raced wide and evenly facing special weights on the Santa Anita dirt Nov. 4. Drops and trainer Doug O'Neill will race him on a synthetic surface for the first time.