Top pick: #3 (FLYING FORWARD) - Moves up in class following a second-place finish here racing for $40K. Effort was his first in almost seven months and his trainer (McLean Robertson) wins at a 24% clip second off a long break. Robertson is (6-3-2-0) locally since the end of the Delaware meet.
2nd pick: #4 (Brooklyn Cowboy) - Speedy colt has been freshened up for the past seven weeks and trainer Richard Vega will add blinkers for the first time. Heavily bet in his first two starts, this son of "Pomeroy" is a threat on the front end.
3rd pick: #6 (Providential Bid) - First time starter by "Medaglia d'Oro" cost $210,000 and has a bullet half-mile breeze here on Nov. 12. In the barn of Tony Dutrow (19% with debuting stock) and colt looks set for his initial public appearance.