Top pick: #4 (SO BOLD) - Son of "Royal Academy" raced close up and weakened last out facing tougher special weight competition in his first start in eight months. He showed some talent at that time in a pair of races at Gulfstream and trainer Joe Orseno will drop him into a claimer for the first time. Apprentice Ryan Curatolo is in from New York for the day and has the mount.
2nd pick: #5 (Ismael Grande) - With the Delaware meet now closed, trainer McLean Robertson will be running some horses locally before heading to Oaklawn at the end of Dec. He had a solid season at Delaware and sends this colt by "Hennessy" here. Three-year-old is going turf to dirt, cutting back in distance, and dropping into a claimer. Win candidate.