Top pick: #11 (LION BY MY SIDE) - Improving with each start since coming back from a 3 1/2 month layoff in mid-October, he finished a close-up third last out at this level and will get an extra furlong to travel in this spot. Capable and he has some back class to call upon. Gelding looks all set for his best.
2nd pick: #10 (Mock Me Not) - Probable favorite finished a pace-setting third last out at this level and defeated Lion By My Side in the process. Race was his first back off a 2 1/2 month break and a repeat of it makes him very dangerous.
3rd pick: #12 (An Heir of Magic) - He put in a mild rally in his latest and finished behind both "Mock Me Not" and "Lion By My Side." Capable with some improvement and he draws a nice post for this distance.