Top pick: #7 (COOL JOE BROWN) - Son of "Indian Charlie" drops, goes turf-to-dirt, and shortens-up in distance, all for a great barn (Ken McPeek). Looks all set for his maiden win.
2nd pick: #11 (Halo Coco) - Another who drops, goes grass-to-dirt, shortens-up in distance, and runs second back off a half-year's layoff. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #4 (Ava's Chief) - Dbuting colt has several impressive works and is in a very under-rated barn (Tony Pecoraro). A "bullet" gate drill here on Jan. 21 says that he has plenty of speed. Win threat first time out.
4th pick: #10 (Momsaiditdontsell) - Colt has broken slowly in both career starts and takes a big drop this afternoon in his second back off a six-month break. Look for much better out of him today.