Top pick: #1 (FUNKY MUNKY MAMA) - Speedy and lightly-raced runner draws the rail and is working sharply for her first start since finishing second in a sprint stakes at Delaware Park on Oct. 15. There's other pace signed on, but she's faster and the rail gives her an edge. The top pick, she's one of two fillies entered by trainer Gary Gullo and they'll race uncoupled.
2nd pick: #5 (Celebrity Sighting) - Daughter of "Holy Bull" has won two in a row since being claimed by trainer Rudy Rodriguez and is overall record is outstanding (9-4-5-0). Stalker is a win candidate in this spot.
3rd pick: #6 (Natalie Victoria) - She was an easy maiden winner going a mile at Belmont in late Sept., then ran evenly in a race at this level on the grass on Dec. 2. Working well for this and Dominguez gets aboard for the first time.