2009 Queen's Plate Fantasy Challenge

The 2009 Queen's Plate Fantasy Challenge kick off it's first major Prep Race tomorrow in the 6F Achievement stakes. As a fan of the Queen's Plate, I am also a big fan of this contest. I have won a few prizes over the year and last year I finished 29th out of 4473. This year's race is wild open, I am leaning toward some new comers to shine in this year big race.
When it comes to picking my stable for the Fantasy Challenge, I follow a few rules that I learned over the years.
1. Pick a horse that is in training - a lot of the horses on the list could out of training, knowing a horse is sound and in training will help you get points.
2. Pick horses that can get you early points in the prep race. I always check the entries of the Achievement Stakes before making my selection. Although winning of the Achievement doesn't necessary translate into Queen's Plate victory but you can rack up valuable points early and avoid falling behind out of the gate.
3. Pick a dominate filly -I can't find on this year but over the years a good filly can get you a lot of point from the Oaks and sometimes even at the Plates list Ginger Brew from last year.
4. Pick a jockey/training with a lot of eligible horses - more horses equal more chance for points.

Here's my stable for this year challenge

Horse 1 El Brujo
Horse 2 Active Duty
Horse 3 Square Eddie
Horse 4 Don Valentino
Horse 5 Eye of the Leopard
Horse 6 Thor''s Piper
Horse 7 Southdale*
Horse 8 No More Tears
Horse 9 Whispered Hope
Horse 10 Rapid Release
Jockey (Group 1) Patrick Husbands
Jockey (Group 2) Tyler Pizarro
Jockey (Group 3) Steve Bahen
Trainer (Group 1) Roger Attfield
Trainer (Group 2) Nick Gonzalez
Trainer (Group 3) Jim Day
*stable star

I picked Southdale as my stable star is somewhat of a longshot. The horse ran 3rd in Keeneland over 7f last week as the fav in his career debug. I am hoping it can improve over that race be a factor at the Plate. It is a very risky pick as the horse has yet to break its maiden.