Top pick: #2 (CHINESE PRAISE) - Races first off a Jack Carava claim (a 20% winning angle) and this gelding was an easy winner that day at Del Mar, running for $16K. He won back-to-back races earlier this year in the main track at the Fair Grounds so you know he handles real dirt. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Tales of Tigger) - Lightly-raced gelding is 1-for-1 on real dirt, breaking his maiden this past April at Santa Anita when he was making his debut. Trainer Mike Puype is having his best year ever (45 for 202) and this gelding is working fast for his first start since July 29.