Top pick: #2 (PRETTY MUCH MINE) - Hawthorne shipper pressed the pace and finished third there, racing for $25000 on Dec. 9. With the end of racing in Chicago until March, trainer Bill Hickey elects to send this grey filly to Cleveland instead of giving her some time off. Wins this if she handles the local dirt.
2nd pick: #3 (Solar Siren) - Mountaineer invader raced evenly in her latest after a wide post on the day the inside posts had an advantage. She'd finished second in her previous pair at the same track racing for $15K and is a danger from start to finish.
3rd pick: #6 (Marvelous Maven) - Debuting daughter of "Pioneering" is working well for her first outing, including theree straight bullet moves from the gate. It's very unusual to go back to the gate for consecutive drills, so she may have some issues with it. Win contender nontheless.