Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #6 (THOROUGHBRED FUEL) (7-2) - Lightly raced gelding faces winners for the first time. Home bred broke his maiden here at this distance Oct. 31st and earned the highest last out 'figure' in this field. 4yo still has room for upside and gets a slight edge.
2nd pick: #1 (Raging Champion) (5-2) - The morning line favorite, he ships back from Penn National where he ran 2nd and 3rd in a pair of starts at this level. Speed/stalker has the rail and is from the barn of the leading trainer here (Ramon Preciado).
3rd pick: #7 (Fair and Balanced) (5-1) - He's shortening up in distance after finishing 2nd in his last four starts going around two-turns. One run type fits and should factor with his normal effort.
4th pick: #8 (Amaman) (12-1) - Longshot stretches out a bit after finishing an even 3rd here at this level going 5.5 furlongs Nov. 15th. Two of his best overall efforts have come at this seven-furlong trip.