Top pick: #3 (TRIPP O STELLE) (2-1) - Clearly the main speed, he runs off a 7 week freshening and trainer Jamie Ness drops him down to the price of his last win. Veteran gelding likes this surface (8-2-1-3) and all of those fine local efforts came facing tougher. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #2 (Jacobs Kiss) (4-1) - Another gelding who likes this surface (9-3-2-1) and he was a winner here facing weaker Dec 8th in his first back off a two month break. The faster the pace, the better his chances.
3rd pick: #5 (Red Wine) (10-1) - Freshened up since Oct. 17, he had a solid year up to that point (10-3-2-2) and stalker looks best of the remainder of this field.