Top pick: #5 (NKOSI REIGNS) - Very consistent speed/stalker (45-10-9-9) comes here from New York in-shape and Dave Jacobson names C.C. Lopez. Has the most early speed and the best gate jockey on the east coast. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Sleek John) - He's had a good season and last out ran his best race since the fall of '07. Claimed that out of that effort by his former trainer Ed Plesa a repeat of it would make him tough.