Top pick: #1 (SPECIAL TIGER) - Draws the rail and comes into this very sharp (having won or placed in his last eight starts). Good barn (Gerald Bennett) has a quartet of works in him for this effort. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Blazing Prize) - Finished secibd six weeks ago at Mountaineer Park and has been freshened-up since by a fine trainer (Ron Allen). Runner had a pair of sharp efforts at Pinacle Downs in Detroit prior to the West Virginia race.