Top pick: #3 (IN SPEIGHT OFITALL) (3-1) - He ran poorly last out after a trio of solid efforts racing on both dirt and turf. Colt by "Speightstown" has good early speed and he breakes near the rail. Take him to defeat the presumed heavy favorite (No. 5 Invocation).
2nd pick: #5 (Invocation) (1-1) - As just mentioned, he'll be the favorite (and possibly a heavy one). Colt has been competitive against much tougher fields many time in the past and enters this off a solid second-place finish on Dec. 5. Obvious win candidate.
3rd pick: #1 (Buddy's Afleet) (15-1) - Longshot has shown nothing in his first two starts, but his last trio of works off a seven week freshening are very fast. Has the rail and can make some noise at a big price.