I believe this comes down to a determination whether the race will run
Early or
Other Than Early.
If
Early, the 3 and 8 are eminently qualified and I'm hard pressed to separate them, based on their last race tandem (raced heads apart the whole way - won by the #8 by 1/2 length). But, if you add the
possible additional Early pressure from #4 (who can also run non-Early), then my judgement is that's just too much Early.
So my picks are the best
Other Than Earlies: #4 and #9, which is how I bet in the RDSS/Sartin/Bradshaw Contest (plus #3 for an Exacta, as longest odds of the 2 clear Earlies, and Tandem reversal, FWIW)
Good luck to everyone!
Ted