Top pick: #3 (ROYAL FLASH) (5-1) - Gelding drops into claimers after a pair of even efforts facing special weights in his first pair. Barn (Mario Serey Jr.) is having a career year and this Pa.-bred can cause an upset in today's opener.
2nd pick: #5 (Sunday Brunch) (4-1) - He has some early speed and held to finish fourth here at this level after setting a pressured pace on Sept. 24. Nice effort and he's taken some betting action in both starts.
3rd pick: #8 (Wishing Can Be Fun) (5-2) - He raced evenly when debuting facing special weights, then rallied to finish second last out when trainer Sue McBride added lasix and dropped her to this price. Colt must be left in the mix.
4th pick: #6 (Alfredo Romana) (7-2) - Home-bred by "More Than Ready" ships down from New York where he's been in steady training since mid-July. In a top barn (Rudy Rodriguez) and he's gone 32-7-3-8 with NYRA invaders.