Top pick: #2 (I AIN'T LYIN) - Greatly improved since a claim by trainer Juan Guerrero on Sep. 4th, filly has had two smashing wins in a row since then and her connections have her well-spotted today in this starter-allowance. She faces a much tougher group in this contest but a repeat of her latest would be good enough.
2nd pick: #3 (Omega Girl) - Has some talent and more importantly some stalking ability in a race where the pace could be very fast. She won here at this level and trip Nov. 15th in the best race of her career. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #7 (Countingoncarolynn) - Daughter of Dixie Union was in a very good barn earlier this year (Tony Dutrow) and was claimed away by Eberd estrada in late Oct. for $25K. On the sidelines since, she's working nicely and Estrada does excellent work off of fresh claims (31%). Price play.