Top pick: #9 (RACE TO URGA) - Very lightly-raced daughter of "Bernstein" has been brought along slowly by the patient barn of Chris Clement and is (5-2-2-0) overall and in her one "out of the money" start she had a lot of trouble in a small stakes race at Arlington Park on August 13. She defeated older runners on this surface last out and that makes her one of only two entered that has won on this course before. She moves back in with fellow 3-year-olds today and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Puzzling) - Beautifully-bred filly from the famous Phipps Stable tired slighty after a very wide trip here in a small stakes on Nov 6. Race was her first in two months and this daughter of "Ghostzapper" draws a much better post this afternoon. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #4 (Silver Screamer) - Multiple winner has won three of four starts since being claimed away rom the Mott barn in June and takes on much tougher this afternoon after winning a switched sprint at Belmont on Oct 19. Speed does well on this course due to the tight turns and this grey filly by "Cozzene" is threat at a nice price.
4th pick: #1 (Withgreatpleasure) - Speed/stalker goes dirt-to-turf and has placed in several rich dirt stakes since relocating rom the West Coast last spring. Consistent, and if she transfers her recent main-track form this afternoon, home-bred can factor from her inside post.