Top pick: #2 (SWINGING AT SIRO'S) (2-1) - Veteran has plenty of early speed, draws the rail, and is racing for the first time since Dec. 6. Trainer Jeremiah Englehart has worked him on this surface four times since April 4th and this gelding has a fine local record (13-4-5-2).
2nd pick: #1 (Second and One) (5-2) - Trainer Chris Englehart had an entry slated to go in this contest, but will have this gelding go it alone. Following a claim in early August, he went an amazing (6-4-1-0) after that on this surface and will be very tough if ready for his first since Dec. 5.
3rd pick: #5 (Butler Cabin) (12-1) - Longshot is back with trainer Charlie Baker who won a pair with him early in the 2012 meet. Unraced since late Sept., gelding is working very fast for his return and has a shot at a big price if ready with his best off the seven month layoff.