Top pick: #1 (ALALA) - She's run well in his grass starts (8-0-2-4) and last out missed by a neck here at this level going a mile on Dec. 2. Blinkers go on today, she draws the rail, has a nice work on the Dec. 10, and she cuts-back in distance for this attempt. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #6 (Dot's Mark) - Filly moves to the grass after finishing second here at this level on the main-track Nov. 24. One-run type raced evenly in her only previous grass start and races second back off a 100 day break.
3rd pick: #7 (Pretty Much) - She rallied mildly to run fourth last out at this level and had shown good early speed in her prior starts. This field is a bit weak for the level and she can factor at a square price.