Expert Pick of the Week: Jerome Stakes Dec 30, 2020 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com Eagle Orb wins the Notebook Stakes at Aqueduct (Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand) A compact field of five newly turned sophomores will travel a mile on the Aqueduct main strip in Friday’s $150,000 Jerome S. The top-four finishers of the New Year’s Day feature will earn points on a 10-4-2-1 basis in the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest. I have liked the improvement shown by Eagle Orb since he was equipped with blinkers two starts back. The $95,000 yearling purchase finished a fine runner-up to eventual Remsen (G2) victor Brooklyn Strong in the Sleepy Hollow S. at Belmont Park two back, prior to drawing off late when capturing the Notebook S. on this surface last time out. He is the Expert Pick of the Week.