Top pick: #9 (LITE MUSIC ) - Gelding has run well in both local starts but not so well on the Presque Isle "poly" in his other pair. Stalker draws a nice post and has a lot of speed to rally into. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #8 (Ibn Shaniko) - Nice effort at Churchill in his debut, but that was in late November of last year. Working fine for his return and colt took some money in Kentucky in that initial outing.
3rd pick: #1 (Red Bandit) - Veteran maiden has some closing kick and earlier this year was only 1 1/2 lengths off of "Music" in a contest at this level. Colt must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #3 (Aly's Reward) - He has good early speed and showed some improvement last out in his second start. Very lightly raced and he'll take them as far as he can.