Top pick: #2 (DOTSERO) (5-2) - Lightly raced and well-bred, gelding rallied to finish second here at this level and distance on Sept. 8th in his first ever on real dirt. Heavily bet in all three starts, he draws the rail, and is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #4 (Star of Hercules) (2-1) - Debuting colt is in a high percentage barn (Bill Cowans), and the trainer has won with six of 16 first-time-starters over the past 20 months. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #1 (Weather Trick) (4-1) - Speedy gelding moves turf to dirt after finishing third here at this level sprinting on the grass. Race was a career best, and Canadian-bred should be involved from gate-to-wire.
4th pick: #5 (The Beav is Back) (10-1) - Debuting gelding by "Put It Back" has a pair of sharp back-to-back local half-mile drills, and is in a capable small barn (Laurie Pratt).