Top pick: #5 (Brady Blue Eyes) (5-2) - Very consistent gelding finished second here Nov. 20 at this price-tag in his first off a Dave Bennett claim. Speed/stalker has a solid year going (14-4-4-1) and he can take this with a repeat of that effort.
2nd pick: #2 (NoTeam Spirit) (7-2) - Less than a length back of "Brady" last out and that ran his local record to (4-3-0-1). Overall it was the best in his career from a "figure" stand-point and he's in the high percentage barn of Mike Chambers. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #3 (F D Icy) (6-1) - He tracked and tired Nov. 4 facing tougher in his first race since April 28. 4-year-old likes this surface (8-3-2-0) and trainer Chad Story will drop him down to a level he's comfortable at. A bullet 3-furlong work on Nov. 29 suggests that he's ready for a big race.