Top pick: #7 (BLUE GERANIUM) - Home-bred from the top class Stronach operation ships back from Laurel where she finished a distant 2nd to a very impressive winner going 7 furlongs on Oct 12th. Grey daughter of "Giacomo" was beaten a length on this surface in her previous appearance and defeated a pair of today's main rivals in the process. Speed/stalker had a sharp work in Maryland before heading north and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Golden Rock) - Filly by "Bernardini" is part of a Tony Dutrow trained entry and veteran Stu Elliot is listed on both halves. She's been racing evenly in her starts and this afternoon will have blinkers added ( a 27% winning move by the barn). Latest saw her beaten 5 lengths on the Laurel turf going 8.5 furlongs and she'll be moving back to dirt and shortening up.
3rd pick: #1a (Nevesian) - The 2nd part of the Dutrow entry, she threw in a "clunker" here as the favorite on Sep 22nd and was beaten soundly by "Geranium". Only a nose back in her previous outing and she draws a nice outside post at this trip.