Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #9 (ARTURITO) (4-1) - Colt has raced evenly in a pair of local sprints at this level to begin his career. He ran here six days ago, and leading trainer stretches him out in distance on the quick turnaround. Bred for this trip, and he's taking a big drop in class.
2nd pick: #11 (Changing Leads) (2-1) - Belmont shipper is from the Pletcher barn (six for 13, 46%) here this year. Home bred by 'Big Brown' tired going a mile on the grass in his debut Sept. 29th. Working fast for this attempt, Pletcher switches him to the dirt, drops him way down, and adds blinkers. A strong win candidate.
3rd pick: #1 (The X Man) (5-2) - Speedy colt ships up from Delaware where he finished a pace setting 3rd at this distance Oct. 12th for a $40K tag. He has the rail, drops in half, and must be left in the win mix.
4th pick: #5 (Printer) (6-1) - One of two entered by the Penn National based Bernie Houghton. Pa bred ran 2nd there at this tag Oct. 20th. May grab a share, but he needs to do much better against a solid group for this level.