Top pick: #4 (HEPATOLOGIST) - Colt by "Grand Slam" raced evenly last out going a mile on the local turf and trainer Jason Servis will make several this afternoon. He drops this home-bred into a claimer for the first time, switches him from grass to dirt, shortens him up in distance, and adds blinkers. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #5 (Daucus Carota) - The main speed he ships from Finger Lakes where he's finished pace-setting thirds in both outings. In the powerful barn of Chris Englehart and his early foot makes him a win candidate.
3rd pick: #8 (Corofin) - He improved off a two month break and a positive trainer change to Rudy Rodriguez when he pressed the pace and ran fourth here on Nov. 24. Needs to do a bit better.