BERNIE’S BEST Trainer: Bobby Barbara Last race: Oct. 20, 10th Finish: 2nd by nose Beyer: 73 Steadied in tight while in the midst of a stretch rally, regrouped through the final strides, and just missed to a dropdown winner. It was his first start wearing blinkers. CRYPTIC COMET Trainer: John Terranova Last race: Oct. 19, 1st Finish: 4th by 12 1/2 Beyer: 25 After starting off with a pair of in-the-money finishes, this juvenile New York-bred broke slow and raced wide into the stretch while against the grain of an inside speed-biased track. DREAMING OF CARA Trainer: Mitch Friedman Last race: Oct. 19, 8th Finish: 7th by 3 Beyer: 78 The comment line says “no response,” but this 4-year-old filly was boxed in through the stretch run of the Ticonderoga and might easily have landed somewhere on the board with better luck. AWESOME VISION Trainer: Tom Albertrani Last race: Oct. 19, 11th Finish: 6th by 5 1/4 Beyer: 84 Off slow and very wide turning for home in the Empire Classic, a one-turn route run on a speed-friendly strip. All five wins have come around two turns, including four on Aqueduct’s inner-dirt track.