Top pick: #6 (COLLEGE GRAD) - Speedy gelding ships in from Tampa Bay Downs where he went (7-2-3-0) this past winter sprinting on the dirt at or around this tag. He has the best early gas of these and can win this if he takes to this surface.
2nd pick: #3 (Flyingpalm) - 22-time winner races off a seven-week freshening and when last in action he just missed at Mountaineer Park in a low-level starter-allowance. 8-year-old has won on this surface before and seems to thrive off these short breaks.
3rd pick: #2 (Count on Lou) - As consistent as they come (41-10-11-3), he enters this in fine shape as trainer Dale Capuano ships him in from Maryland. The last time he raced locally, veteran came up a neck short August 19th racing for $12.5K. Barn drops him to a new low and he's in the mix.