At the Gate - Sunday
By Mike Dempsey
I’m a bit winded after Saturday’s 13-race card at Gulfstream Park and I did a double take when I realized today’s card also includes 13 races.
Things went pretty well for us yesterday with four winners on top and five recommended exactas at Gulfstream Park: $76.20, $29.40, $37.00, $34.20 and $53.20.
We saw two awesome performances by three-year-olds at Santa Anita. Mor Spirit won the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) and earned 10 points toward entry into the Kentucky Derby (G1). The Bob Baffert trainee now has 24 points, good for second in the standings behind Nyquist.
As of Saturday evening the colt was listed at odds of 8-1 in future Derby betting, good for second choice. Mohaymen is the early favorite at odds of 4-1.
Perhaps the best three-year-old in training is a filly. Songbird remained undefeated with her win in the $300,000 Las Virgenes (G2), her fifth career win.
She won by 6 ½ lengths while under a hammerlock form her jockey Mike Smith. She probably would be the favorite for the Derby but her connections insist she is being pointed toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1).
She is currently the early betting favorite for the Oaks at odds of 1-2. That is not a misprint, it is really 1-2. The second choice in the betting is Rachels Valentina at 8-1.
The marathon 13-race card at Gulfstream Park concludes at 5:53 ET, which gives us about a half hour to settle in for the Super Bowl.
Here is today’s opener from Gulfstream Park to get the day off to a good start:
GP Race 1 Clm $6,250 (12:00 ET)
#2 Artefacto 8-5
#6 Right On Ready 9-5
#3 Keyed Cache 15-1
#4 Buongiorno Johnny 6-1
Analysis: Artefacto took the field gate to wire to beat $12,500 claimers last out and the gelding has now landed in the exacta in 7 of 12 starts over the main track here. There is plenty of speed signed up but he has shown an ability to track. He looks sharp enough to win right back here for the Navarro barn.
Right on Ready could complete a chalky exacta to start the day. The gelding has won five in a row, his last pair against open $6,250 foes. He was claimed out of his last outing by the Nunn barn that is 4 for 27 first off the claim dating back five years. Three of his last four wins have come on off tracks. A logical threat here as he seldom runs a bad one.
Wagering
WIN: #2 to win at 8-5 or better.
EX: 2,6 / 2,3,4,6
TRI: 2,6 / 2,3,4,6 / 2,3,4,5,6
Today’s Featured Race of the Day from Aqueduct:
AQU Race 8 OClm $75,000N1X (4:20 ET)
#2 Bust Another 10-1
#6 Spooked Out 1-1
#1 Fumin Newman 6-1
#3 Gehrig 5-1
Analysis: Bust Another tracked the early pace and finished strongly to beat $32,000 claimers last out here by six lengths. The runner up The Great Whiteway came back to beat $25,000 claimers in his next outing on Feb. 4. Our top pick was claimed out of his win by the Pino barn that is 24% winners (with a +ROI) first off the claim. He looks capable of moving forward off his last start and the 10-1 morning line looks generous.
Spooked Out is coming off a fourth in the state bred Damon Runyon where he headed for home with the lead and was beaten just a half-length. He cuts back to a sprint here and he broke his maiden at six furlongs here on the main track by 9 1/2 lengths in his second career start. He looks legit but at a very short price.
Wagering
WIN: #2 to win at 9-2 or better.
EX: 2,6 / 1,2,5,6
TRI: 2,6 / 1,2,5,6 / 1,2,5,6,7
Today’s Featured Race of the Day from Gulfstream Park:
GP Race 10 Md $12,500 (4:23 ET)
#6 Olympic Smoke 3-1
#4 Baby Antonella 6-1
#10 Starship Maiden 4-1
#14 Unknown 5-1
Analysis: Olympic Smoke adds lasix and cuts back to six panels here after tracking the early pace and tiring to finish a well beaten sixth last out. Two back this gal dueled for the early lead before weakening to finish fourth. The filly is out of a stakes placed Gilded Time mare that has dropped six winners. There is not much speed in here and even with the cut back this filly should be in the mix early.
Baby Antonella drops a notch in class to the bottom here after checking in fifth last out for a $16,000 tag. She adds blinkers which may put her closer to the front here. She has been on wet tracks in two of her three starts and has been the beaten favorite in her last pair. If she runs back to her third in her debut at the $35,000 level that would be good enough to beat this group.
Wagering
WIN: #6 to win at 5-2 or better.
EX: 4,6 / 4,6,10,14
TRI: 4,6 / 4,6,10,14 / 4,6,8,10,14
Live Longshots:
These are price plays for exotic players looking to find a couple of extra contenders to use in their trifecta and superfecta wagers. Or for those with smaller bankrolls, you might want to get in a small win-place wager.
Gulfstream Park
R1: #3 Keyed Cache 15-1
R3: #8 Pizote Solo 8-1
R4: #1 Grand Niece 12-1
R5: #1 Boyfriend’s Back 15-1
R7: #10 My Special One 8-1
R8: #8 Desert Tune 8-1
R13: #13 Winged Fury 8-1
Good luck today!
By Mike Dempsey
I’m a bit winded after Saturday’s 13-race card at Gulfstream Park and I did a double take when I realized today’s card also includes 13 races.
Things went pretty well for us yesterday with four winners on top and five recommended exactas at Gulfstream Park: $76.20, $29.40, $37.00, $34.20 and $53.20.
We saw two awesome performances by three-year-olds at Santa Anita. Mor Spirit won the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) and earned 10 points toward entry into the Kentucky Derby (G1). The Bob Baffert trainee now has 24 points, good for second in the standings behind Nyquist.
As of Saturday evening the colt was listed at odds of 8-1 in future Derby betting, good for second choice. Mohaymen is the early favorite at odds of 4-1.
Perhaps the best three-year-old in training is a filly. Songbird remained undefeated with her win in the $300,000 Las Virgenes (G2), her fifth career win.
She won by 6 ½ lengths while under a hammerlock form her jockey Mike Smith. She probably would be the favorite for the Derby but her connections insist she is being pointed toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1).
She is currently the early betting favorite for the Oaks at odds of 1-2. That is not a misprint, it is really 1-2. The second choice in the betting is Rachels Valentina at 8-1.
The marathon 13-race card at Gulfstream Park concludes at 5:53 ET, which gives us about a half hour to settle in for the Super Bowl.
Here is today’s opener from Gulfstream Park to get the day off to a good start:
GP Race 1 Clm $6,250 (12:00 ET)
#2 Artefacto 8-5
#6 Right On Ready 9-5
#3 Keyed Cache 15-1
#4 Buongiorno Johnny 6-1
Analysis: Artefacto took the field gate to wire to beat $12,500 claimers last out and the gelding has now landed in the exacta in 7 of 12 starts over the main track here. There is plenty of speed signed up but he has shown an ability to track. He looks sharp enough to win right back here for the Navarro barn.
Right on Ready could complete a chalky exacta to start the day. The gelding has won five in a row, his last pair against open $6,250 foes. He was claimed out of his last outing by the Nunn barn that is 4 for 27 first off the claim dating back five years. Three of his last four wins have come on off tracks. A logical threat here as he seldom runs a bad one.
Wagering
WIN: #2 to win at 8-5 or better.
EX: 2,6 / 2,3,4,6
TRI: 2,6 / 2,3,4,6 / 2,3,4,5,6
Today’s Featured Race of the Day from Aqueduct:
AQU Race 8 OClm $75,000N1X (4:20 ET)
#2 Bust Another 10-1
#6 Spooked Out 1-1
#1 Fumin Newman 6-1
#3 Gehrig 5-1
Analysis: Bust Another tracked the early pace and finished strongly to beat $32,000 claimers last out here by six lengths. The runner up The Great Whiteway came back to beat $25,000 claimers in his next outing on Feb. 4. Our top pick was claimed out of his win by the Pino barn that is 24% winners (with a +ROI) first off the claim. He looks capable of moving forward off his last start and the 10-1 morning line looks generous.
Spooked Out is coming off a fourth in the state bred Damon Runyon where he headed for home with the lead and was beaten just a half-length. He cuts back to a sprint here and he broke his maiden at six furlongs here on the main track by 9 1/2 lengths in his second career start. He looks legit but at a very short price.
Wagering
WIN: #2 to win at 9-2 or better.
EX: 2,6 / 1,2,5,6
TRI: 2,6 / 1,2,5,6 / 1,2,5,6,7
Today’s Featured Race of the Day from Gulfstream Park:
GP Race 10 Md $12,500 (4:23 ET)
#6 Olympic Smoke 3-1
#4 Baby Antonella 6-1
#10 Starship Maiden 4-1
#14 Unknown 5-1
Analysis: Olympic Smoke adds lasix and cuts back to six panels here after tracking the early pace and tiring to finish a well beaten sixth last out. Two back this gal dueled for the early lead before weakening to finish fourth. The filly is out of a stakes placed Gilded Time mare that has dropped six winners. There is not much speed in here and even with the cut back this filly should be in the mix early.
Baby Antonella drops a notch in class to the bottom here after checking in fifth last out for a $16,000 tag. She adds blinkers which may put her closer to the front here. She has been on wet tracks in two of her three starts and has been the beaten favorite in her last pair. If she runs back to her third in her debut at the $35,000 level that would be good enough to beat this group.
Wagering
WIN: #6 to win at 5-2 or better.
EX: 4,6 / 4,6,10,14
TRI: 4,6 / 4,6,10,14 / 4,6,8,10,14
Live Longshots:
These are price plays for exotic players looking to find a couple of extra contenders to use in their trifecta and superfecta wagers. Or for those with smaller bankrolls, you might want to get in a small win-place wager.
Gulfstream Park
R1: #3 Keyed Cache 15-1
R3: #8 Pizote Solo 8-1
R4: #1 Grand Niece 12-1
R5: #1 Boyfriend’s Back 15-1
R7: #10 My Special One 8-1
R8: #8 Desert Tune 8-1
R13: #13 Winged Fury 8-1
Good luck today!
