Top pick: #4 (GILLIGAN) - Trainer Mike Mitchell has freshened this veteran up since late August followin a busy summer that saw him go (5-3-1-0) racing here and at Del Mar. His local record is solid (8-3-1-2) and all of those starts came facing tougher. Returns in a career soft spot and Mitchell wins at a 25% clip off of long breaks.
2nd pick: #5 (My Boy Luke) - Lightly raced colt by "Harlan's Holiday" is working nicely for his first start since finishing a close-up third at Santa Anita in late Oct. Has a good closing kick and 3-year-old broke his maiden on this surface on June 17.