Top pick: #5 (COOL BISQUIT) - Lightly-raced filly rallied to win at this price and distance on Oct. 18 to clear the 2l condition and races today off a trainer change to Ramon Preciado (a 38% winning move). Meets a weak field and can make her first try at this 3l level a winning one.
2nd pick: #8 (Speedboat Sally) - Speed/stalker runs third back off a half-year's absence and showed improvement last out in her second off the break when she chased and finished third running for $10K. Drops to this tag for the first time and should be involved from start to finish.
3rd pick: #4 (Shirleyandmargaret) - Mare by "Two Punch" went wire-to-wire at Laurel going a "flat" mile racing for $5K to get her second win 0n Oct. 6. Good barn ("Ham" Smith) ships her and apprentice rider Hohlbein in for the day. Her speed is dangerous.