Top pick: #2 (RARE SONG) - Improving gelding finished second in a pair at Fairplex during the short meet in Pomona and has the best early speed of this field. The rail is his for the taking and he'll be very tough to beat on the front end.
2nd pick: #5 (He's a Bandit) - The main danger to "Song" this son of "Bandini" has been freshened-up since August 10 when he raced evenly at Del Mar racing for $62.5K. Drops a bit more than half, is working nicely, and trainer Kristin Mulhall wins at a 32% rtae off of long layoffs. Win candidate in what looks like a two horse race.
3rd pick: #7 (Reinvent) - He showed nothing when debut Sept. 5 sprinting against special weights at Del Mar. Trainer Doug O'Neill drops him into a claimer, switches him to real dirt, and stretches this gelding out in distance. May grab a share.