Top pick: #5 (POT O GOLD) (7-5) - With a pair of late scratches this looks like a two-horse race on paper. This veteran has won a dozen times and has done some good things on this surface in the past (7-2-4-0). Last out he just missed in a $100K stakes that was part of "Claiming Crown Day" at Gulfstream Dec 1st and that was not his best distance. Stretches out a furlong and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #6 (Thatlleaveamark) (2-1) - Speedy gelding ser a fast and pressured pace before weakening to finish 2nd here Dec 7th going 6 furlongs. Consistent sort will try and go wire-to-wire this afternoon and is the main danger.