Top pick: #1 (HAVA CIGAR) - Unlike most entered he valuable two-turn experience when he raced evenly at Santa Anita six weeks ago in a special weight contest on the grass. Colt by "Lion Heart" raced well in a pair at Monmouth early in the summer and trainer Pat Biancone will drop him into a claimer and run him on a synthetic surface, both for the first time. Has the rail and he's the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #10 (Fear the Beard) - Claimed in mid-August by Doug O'Neill for $40K, colt finished second last out at Santa Anita for that price going 7 furlongs. Drops under the purchase price today and he'll be trying two-turns for the first time. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #9 (Rare Song) - Has the best early speed of this group and he's finished second in his last three starts. Latest saw him finish a distant second at Santa Anita going a mile at this tag, and that two-turn experience is a plus.