Top pick: #5 (TOHOPEKALIGA) (3-1) - Very lightly-raced and well bred, he's racing first off a Kirk Ziadie claim and a subsequent 70-day freshening. Colt has finished second in his first pair and stalker should get a fast and/or contested pace to rally into. He gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #8 (Bold Summit) (5-2) - Very fast from the gate, he's finished second and third in his last pair of dirt sprints. He set the pace in each and earned a career best figure last out. Working fast and a strong win threat.
3rd pick: #3 (Tequesta Storm) (8-1) - Trainer Michelle Nihei drops him into a claimer for the first time in his second back from almost a nine month layoff. He has some speed and enters off a pace-setting effort facing tougher on the grass Jan. 30.
4th pick: #2 (Gray Beau) (5-1) - He's gone 8-0-5-2 sprinting on the dirt and is another dropping into a claimer for the first time. One-run type likes to rally from far back and will need a fast and/or contested pace to develop for his best shot.