Top pick: #4 (WELL KEPT) - She's the only New York-based runner in this small stakes, and that's a bit unusual for any time of the year. Daughter of "Henny Hughes" has won two in a row, her maiden score at Belmont in late Sep, then a win here on the main surface three weeks ago in her first facing winners. She's won from both on and just off the lead, has a fine maintenance work Nov 27, and Dominguez is back aboard.
2nd pick: #2 (Dance to Bristol) - Competitive (4-1-3-0) daughter of "Speightstown" went wire to wire at Laurel on Oct.29 to break her maiden, then missed by a 1/2 length in a $50K stakes at the same track on Nov 19. Sharp mid-Atlantic barn (Ollie Figgins III) has her spotted where she's a win candidate.