Top pick: #3 (DYLAN DONNELLY) - Nice effort last out saw him track while racing wide and make a strong bid turning for home before levelling off a bit to finish third. Race was his first in 5 1/2 months, and trainer Mike Mitchell brings him back quickly and drops him into a claimer.
2nd pick: #5 (Bipartisan) - Lightly-raced gelding by "Political Force" has good early speed and will be racing first off a Dan Hendricks claim. New barn has worked him fast twice since the claim and will be stretching him out in distance. Win threat.
3rd pick: #9 (Stars and Moon) - Another stretching-out and last out he closed strongly to miss by a neck going 6.5 furlongs here at this level on Sept. 30. Race was his best yet, his first on real dirt, and first in 2 1/2 months.