Top pick: #5 (HALLIE BROOKS) (7-2) - Florida invader ships up off a solid 2nd place finish facing a bit weaker at Gulfstream Park on Dec 5th. His new trainer (Ed Lehman) has worked him twice locally, adds blinkers, and has Stu Elliott aboard.
2nd pick: #2 (The Pink Monkey) (4-1) - Speedy filly is (3-0-2-1) since Nov 17 and she'll have blinkers on this afternoon. A bullet three furlong gate breeze on Christmas Eve indicates a big effort is coming. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #9 (Bau Bai Gold) (10-1) - Home-bred has shown little in her two outings, but they came on both turf & "poly" facing special weights. She has a new trainer ("Lupe" Guerrero 28% with new arrivals) and he'll drop her into a claimer, switch her to real dirt, and adds lasix. Price play.