Top pick: #2 (PRADO CAT) (5-2) - One of two colts entered by trainer Dale Romans and the pair race uncoupled. Son of "Kitten's Joy" rallied to miss by a 1/2 length at this demanding 9-furlong distance Nov. 24 and had a fine maintenance breeze at Palm Meadows Dec. 10 after arriving from Kentucky. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #8 (Cowdry Park) (6-1) - Price play has fine early speed and trainer Mark casse will this son of "Bernardini" to the grass for the first time. He was competitive in 3-of-5 on the Woodbine "poly" and is bred to handle the grass.
3rd pick: #1 (Tenforthemoney) (8-1) - The second of the Roman's pair, he's also by "Kitten's Joy" and will be moving to the turf and stretching out in distance after a troubled trip in a Churchill dirt sprint when debuting on Nov. 16.