Top pick: #5 (GO GO GUS) (2-1) - Speedy colt tired here in the slop facing special weights Oct. 10 and will be dropping into a claimer and racing with blinkers on, both for the first time. In the high-percentage barn of Jamie Ness and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Let the Sparks Fly) (7-2) - "Live Oak" home-bred raced evenly when debuting here on Oct. 9 when facing special weights. Son of "Langfuhr" has worked well since and a good barn (Mike Trombetta 21% second time out) drops him into a claimer.
3rd pick: #6 (Honourable) (8-1) - Freshened up since late August, he finished 4th of 6 that day on the Presque Isle "poly." Working fine off-site, he'll be trying a conventional dirt surface for the first time.
4th pick: #1 (Catular) (6-1) - Debuting home-bred by "Circular Quay" has a bullet half-mile breeze here Oct. 15 and draws the rail. Barn (John Salzman Jr.) specializes in 2-year-olds and this colt is a factor with a clean break.