EPICENTER alone in the top spot would come back a 2/1 shot on my line. What's the point? He would still be an underlay. All I would really be doing is making the race tougher to play by raising the odds on the rest of the field. I like the looks of it this way:

1. SIMPLIFICATION 8
2. CREATIVE MINISTER 8
3. FENWICK 30
4. SECRET OATH 7/2
5. EARLY VOTING 7/2
6. HAPPY JACK 30
7. ARMAGNAC 30
8. EPICENTER 7/2
9. SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING 15

The filly is as fast as anyone in here and she gets the weight allowance. EARLY VOTING could go forward and should be hugging the rail while dictating the pace.

I think the top three are hard to separate ... on paper.