Top pick: #1 (NO TEAM SPIRIT) (9-2) - Veteran stalker has won twelve times during his career and is 11 for 26 racing on conventional dirt. In shape gelding draws the rail and has gone 16-5-3-3 in dirt sprints in the past. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Aerial Artist) (12-1) - He stretches out in distance after a near miss here facing a mixed batch of thoroughbreds & quarter-horses on Nov. 30th. He's capable at this trip, and he can factor at long odds.
3rd pick: #2 (Youonlyliveonce) (8-1) - Ten-time winner enters off a good looking win here on Nov. 29th facing weaker going 4.5-furlongs. Old-timer is capable at this distance and at ten years of age has gone 17-5-4-3 in 2014.
4th pick: #8 (Truco Latino) (5-1) - Well bred gelding has gone 15-3-4-4 this year and enters in excellent form. He defeated weaker Nov. 29th, and the "figure" earned fits nicely with the best this field can muster.
5th pick: #5 (Justa Gusta) (10-1) - Longshot tired after pressing a fast pace here at this level just ten days ago. It was his first race in two months, and this veteran has back class to call upon.