Top pick: #5 (JUMPIN FOR JASON) - He makes his 3rd start off a seven-week layoff and rallied to finish second last out. Runner doesn't have a lot of early speed so he'll need a contested pace for his best. If all go that are entered that would appear to be the case. Probable favorite is the choice, but reverse those exactas.
2nd pick: #1 (Gratified) - Runs off a 100-day layoff, drops to his lowest price ever, goes turf to dirt, and he has the rail. Solid looking challenger.
3rd pick: #4 (Savage Man) - Improving quickly at this point he tackles winners for the first time after a sharp looking maiden win here on Nov. 27. Stalker shouldn't be taken too lightly as his "figures" put him in this at a square price.