Top pick: #8 (RADIANT TALENT) (7-2) - Speed/stalker ships in from Charles Town where he ran evenly last out going shorter. Colt is from a winning barn (Dane Kobiskie), has back class, and is drawn outside of the front-end types.
2nd pick: #1 (Bagatelle Park) (8-1) - Price play has the rail, plenty of early speed, and has run well in two of her three starts on "off" tracks. Canadian-bred doesn't need the lead to be successful, and that versatility is a big plus. Win candidate despite taking on males.
3rd pick: #4 (Odom) (4-1) - Hard-hitter has a fine local slate (9-1-4-3), and has finished seco2nd here in three of his last four appearances. One run type is 4-0-2-2 on "wet" surfaces, and he should get a solid pace to close into.
4th pick: #3 (Aloha Daddy) (5-2) - Lightly raced gelding has gone 4-3-0-1 on dirt surfaces, and finished third here at this level on Sept. 17th. Speed/stalker must be left in the mix.