Top pick: #2 (JULENE) - Versatile filly has won on both grass and dirt and ran a career best when she cleared the 3l condition in early Dec. when racing at Penn National for $25K. Freshened-up since that time by trainer Mike Rogers, she has a bullet work on Jan. 6 and this speed/stalker breaks near the rail. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (I Love U So Pretty) - Dangerous price play, has the rail, solid early speed, and runs off a seven week freshening. She did not run well last out here when sprinting in early Nov., and stretches back out around two-turns.
3rd pick: #4 (Castle Creeping) - One of a pair entered here by "Hall of Famer" Jonathan Sheppard and they'll race uncoupled. She broke her maiden at Peen National going a mile on Nov. 9, then raced poorly at this level five weeks later in her first facing winners. Think she'll factor at a nice price.