Top pick: #7 (DEVOUR) - Gelding takes the big plunge into a claimer for the first time today and he's raced evenly in his first 3 starts facing tougher. Runs today off a 3 month layoff and has a bullet work on this surface Nov 18. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #9 (Cookie's From Tony) - Colt did not break sharply in his debut and was rushed up to contest the pace before tiring down the stretch. That race came facing tougher and he had worked fast before it and has a nice work since. Trainer Jeff Mullins drops him into a claimer and he draws a trouble free post. Can contend at a nice price if he breaks cleanly.
3rd pick: #5 (Love Five Plus Two) - Gelding has good early speed and gets a major jockey upgrade this afternoon to Pat Valenzuela. He's already been competitive at this price and distance and will be again today.