Top pick: #11 (WANDER TIME) - Consistent track-loving (36-10-2-8) veteran will make his first start for the Gill/Hooper team off a late-December claim from Jayne Vaders. Price and distance are perfect, as is his post. The choice.
2nd pick: #2 (Starship Dancer) - Lightly-raced colt (15-4-1-4) is in a sharp barn (Bruce Levine) and he'll be racing off a seven-week layoff. Level, distance, and stalking style are all fine. This is the first time he has ever raced this low.
3rd pick: #3 (Tiger Claw) - Late runner has improved his game since a claim by Phil Aristone last November. After four productive starts, they drop him back to what they claimed him for. Late threat.