Top pick: #1 (BERN IDENTITY) - He was an easy winner of the local "'prep" for this #1,000,000 contest when he rallied from close range to take the $200k J "Jean Lafitte" stakes here going a mile Oct 20th. Effort was his best to date and that made him the only horse entered with a win on this surface. Promising colt has the rail and a huge bullet half-mile work just one week ago. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Central Banker) - $uickly improving son of "Speightstown" comes here from Churchill Downs where he ran a career best when scoring by 5 lengths in a 6 furlong sprint facing weaker just three weeks ago. Trainer Al Stall Jr. worked him a sharp half-mile at the Fair Grounds on Nov 10th and he'll stretch this $200K yearling out in distance this afternoon.
3rd pick: #6 (Itsmyluckyday) - He's done little wrong so far (5-3-1-1) and like "Bern" he's won three races and has already proven that he can handle two-turns when he won an $80K stakes at Calder on Sep 15th. Working very fast for this and he looks like a serious player.