Top pick: #3 (WOODSLANDSWAY) (6-5) - The probable heavy favorite, she's won six in a row and seven of her last eight. Her last five have come at this meet and the only question today is that veteran is facing male rivals for the first time. The level and distance are fine and she'll be tough to beat.
2nd pick: #5 (Private Bounty) (5-1) - Old timer ships in from the So. California where he ran evenly in his last pair. Gelding has a new trainer (former jockey Sandi Gann) and she had him work a sharp half-mile here Dec. 23. Stretch threat.
3rd pick: #1 (Horse Feldhaus) (9-2) - Not as accomplished as the top two selections he enters off a sharp fourth place finish at this tag and trip on Dec. 20. He has a flexible style and a good post to save ground from.