Top pick: #6 (BROTHER BOB) - "Bob" was claimed in late August at Saratoga by Rick Dutrow for $65K and was given a 7 week freshening at that time. Colt had a poor break and raced evenly at Belmont facing special weights Oct. 18 in his first for the new barn and today is dropped under the purchase price. A bullet work on this surface Nov. 10 "tips his hand." The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Big Foot Ben) - Colt has been on the sidelines since a pair of third-place finishes late in the summer at Monmouth Park. Trainer Steve Asmussen has worked him five times in the past 36 days and will drop him back down. Dominguez's presence is duly noted.