3/30: Gulfstream (6th-9th)

[Kasept]

GULFSTREAM

POST-SCRATCHES.. Superfectas in all..

6th: CLM/N2L, 3yo-F, 6.5f (DD, P3, P4)

1. #5 Donnie's Madam 4-1: Race three back crushes these
2. #2 Page Six Obsessed: Lost chance at start in last
A. #7 Angela's Rainbow 2-1: Underlaid but does cut back
B. #4 Soweto 8-1: Cheap but owns right style


7th: ALW/N2X, F&M-4+, 9f-T (DD, P3)

1. #5 Hopes and Dreams 4-1: Can adjust to pace scenarios
2. #10 Criminologist 6-1 Repeat of last should get it done
A. #4 SCRATCHED
B. #3 Dean's List: Honest Holy Bull filly settles too often for top tabs


8th: OC/N2X, 4+, 6.5f (DD)

1. #3 SCRATCHED
2. #6 Thanks Dubya 5-1: Last seen regularly in stakes company
A. #7 Blazing Pursuit 4-1: Former stakes type rises $12.5k for JJT
B. #2 Moon's Halo 3-1: Away often.. Beaten by First Samurai '4 back'


9th: MSW, 3yo, 9f-T

1. #12 Broad River 6-1: Motion colt improving; Chased rising star Etude
2. #6 Joppa Flats 7-2: 2nd to Romans' stakes winner last
A. #11 Port Royal 4-1: $225k Pletcher-Peachtree product adds blinks, tries lawn
B. #8 Angelouie 6-1: Grass debut solid; Don't like that Edgar jumps ship

EXOTICS ADD: #2 Zounds 8-1


<$50 P4/$25 P3 Plays:

6: 5 [1-2-7 for P3 'cover' play]
7: 5-10 [3 for P4/1st P3]
8: 6-7
9: 2-6-8-9-11-12

P4: 1x3x2x6 = $36
P3: 4x3x2 = $24


Good luck!
Steve

[Grits]

Gulfstream's 3rd today, because of so many troubled trips last out, etc, the entire race is a crapshoot.

2-7/2, 10-4/1, 1-10/1, 9-8/1, 6-12/1

[zippyneedsawin]

I like Joppa Flat's in the last.. really interested to see how he does..cause there's another one from his last race running tomorrow. If JF does well today, I think it bodes well for the saturday runner.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

I like Joppa Flat's in the last.. really interested to see how he does..cause there's another one from his last race running tomorrow. If JF does well today, I think it bodes well for the saturday runner.

Zip,

There's some of thatg going on today at Santa Anita too.. I forget who.. Involves Moneyplaysjose and someone else I think..

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Zip,

There's some of thatg going on today at Santa Anita too.. I forget who.. Involves Moneyplaysjose and someone else I think..

Yeah, Mountain Wolf is the horse I'm interested in tomorrow at Gulfstream (besides those 'other' races!)
--By the way, anyone think 6-1 morning line on Blue Bullet in the Aventura is a little high? I think he's got a real shot at winning that race.

[hurricanefrank]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

I like Joppa Flat's in the last.. really interested to see how he does..cause there's another one from his last race running tomorrow. If JF does well today, I think it bodes well for the saturday runner.

JF (7-2) is strictly the one to beat with turf master Castellano aboard given his promising turf debut (despite a poor start) vs subsequent G3 Palm Beach victor Duveen. However, I think there will be value on the board with #2 Zounds (8-10 who exits the same race and makes just his 3d l/t start. This $625K 2yo purchase should move forward smartly off a very troubled trip in that race which saw him checked and rank early but absolutely fly home from the back of the pack in the field of 12 to finish less than 1 length behind JF.

[tap]

R3 #9 Dockmaster 8/1 ML

R4 #5 Valid Trick 8/1 ML

R5 #2 Lights Out Angel 12/1 ML 3rd

[Grits]

Originally Posted by tap

R3 #9 Dockmaster 8/1 ML

R4 #5 Valid Trick 8/1 ML

R5 #2 Lights Out Angel 12/1 ML

Tap,

In the 3rd, I agree on Roman's Dockmaster, but I still like the #2 Toner's, Blazing Dynamo better.

And in the 4th I have the #5, Valid Trick, as well.

Now, in today's 9th race, I like the obvious, though I'll look very closely at Frank Brother's #4 Winning Apitude, who goes out for his second race, adding blinkers with Guidry. He may be racing him before leaving for Keeneland, still I'll look at this one.

[brianwspencer]

These turf races today are just awfully tough.

Here's what I came up with for today, ordered by preference in each race -- not just making lists of contenders:

1. Tiger Jen (5-2), Gentle Appeal (4-1)

2. Gatica's Law (4-1), Kentucky River (3-1)

3. Back to Mandalay (6-1), Perfect Bullet (6-1), Blazing Dynamo (7-2), Gitterboy (4-1/FLOP)

4. Brahm's Way (4-1), Wonder Cat (3-1)

5. Early Hatch (3-1), Great Bridge (12-1), Golden Ballado (6-1)

6. Donnie's Madam (4-1), Soweto (8-1), Angela's Rainbow (2-1)

7. Dean's List (3-1), Hopes and Dreams (4-1), Criminologist (6-1)

8. Thanks Dubya (5-1), Moon's Halo (3-1)

9. Allegedly True (12-1), Angelouie (6-1), Joppa Flats (7-2), Lattice (6-1)

[Grits]

Originally Posted by Grits

Gulfstream's 3rd today, because of so many troubled trips last out, etc, the entire race is a crapshoot.

2-7/2, 10-4/1, 1-10/1, 9-8/1, 6-12/1

H23, and I'm sitting here answering a message, and this cost me.

I knew Harty's horse may fire huge at 2nd route.

This is when I utter, sonofab!tch!

Totally!

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Grits

H23, and I'm sitting here answering a message, and this cost me.

I knew Harty's horse may fire huge at 2nd route.

This is when I utter, sonofab!tch!

Totally!

Don't beat yourself up, like you said earlier that race was a crapshoot. Just as well as Harty's horse stepped up, he could have run 7th as well because this race was SO wide open. So while it may have been the right race to search for a price, it really could have been any of about nine of them.

But props on having him even in your top 5, he wasn't on my radar at all

[Grits]

Brian, you're right. Next. LOL Turn the page.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Grits

Brian, you're right. Next. LOL Turn the page.

Hey if it makes you feel better, I can't even seem to find the board with any of my picks today. Got a 2-1 winner in the opener, and the place horse in the 3rd, and have been all over the place WRONG with every other horse I've liked.

[Kasept]

-----RACE ----HORSE ------

1 SCR. #1 TIME TO SPLURGE

3 SCR. #13 MASTEROFTHEHOUSE
3 SCR. #14 VESPASIAN

4 SCR. #3 COOPER'S PLACE

7 SCR. #4 BEA PLUS
7 SCR. #8 DEJA ENTENDU

8 SCR. #3 WAR TEMPO

9 SCR. #13 JAMALUDIN
9 SCR. #14 TOM ARCHDEACON


Significant scratch of War Tempo...