Top pick: #7 (BIG BAD BUDDHA) - Filly has plenty of early speed and she draws outside of the other pace. Racing back into shape following a very long layoff and she looks set in her third back for a top effort.
2nd pick: #2 (Creme Dela Suances) - Improving and speedy, she looked "super" in her maiden win here Nov. 22 and this lightly raced three-year-old is in the Aristone barn and Carmouche stays put. Win threat.
3rd pick: #1 (Miss Forest) - The probable favorite drops in price after finishing third facing tougher here Nov. 13 in her first since relocating from california. She has the rail and is an obvious win threat.