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Courtesy of Mike Dempsey

Today's Featured Races of the Day from Gulfstream Park:

Gulfstream Park Race 7 Sabin Stakes (G3) Post time 4:12 ET

#7 Jessica Is Back 3/1
#1 Justwhistledixie 5/2
#2 Matchless Orinda 4/1
#8 Slides Choice 8/1

#7 Jessica Is Back acted up at the gate, and then was sent out to duel for the early lead, unable to go with the talented Sweet Repent late, settling for the runner up spot.na
#2 Kettle River
#1 The Program


#10 Nextdoorneighbor was a good looking maiden winner last out in his third career start, drawing clear to win by four lengths in his first start going two turns.na made a good late rally to finish in the runner up spot last out going nine furlongs on the turf versus Alw-1 optional claimers. The colt returns to the fake stuff here and graduated at Hollywood Park two back in his fifth career start. The colt finished behind The Program four back in the maiden ranks, but had some traffic trouble and the winner got away with a fairly easy lead in a gate to wire score. It looks like this guy is on the improve and is in good hands with the Mandella barn.
#2 Kettle River owns the top last out speed fig, earned beating Alw-1 company in his first go against winners. The colt defeated The Program, who came back to beat Alw-1 foes in his next start on Feb. 3. This colt is trained by former Baffert assistant Eoin Harty and has a nice pedigree. He is by Congaree out of the stakes winner La Grande Mamma ($209K). The way he finished last out suggests he can handle nine furlongs.

Wagering

WIN: #10 to win at 5/2 or better.
EX: 5,10 / 1,2,5,10
TRI: 5,10 / 1,2,5,10 / 1,2,4,5,10

Good luck today!

Gulfstream Park Saturday

4th (2:42)
1 Mile | Open | 3 Year Olds Maiden Special Weight | Purse: $45,000

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Wildcat Gamble Lopez P Plesa Edward Jr 122 L 12-1
2 2 Grand Macho Coa E M Andrade Pablo 122 L 20-1
3 3 Ashquar Arango L E Collazo Henry 122 L 30-1
4 4 Mahfouz Bravo J Zito Nicholas P 122 FTL 8-1
5 5 Miner's Reserve Desormeaux K J Zito Nicholas P 122 L 4-1
6 6 Forward Harch Garcia Alan Violette, Jr. R A 122 L 5-2
7 7 Bushwhacked Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan E 122 L 3-1
8 8 Marching Tune Castellano J J Brown Chad C 122 L 6-1
9 9 Gothics Peak Nakatani C S Biancone Patrick L 122 L 6-1

Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / 10 Cent Superfecta / Daily Double (Races 4&5) Bet 3 (Races 4-5-6)

Battagliaspicks 7-6-5

#7 Bushwhacked- Leparoux took this one back and had a big hold on him thinking he was on the winner. When he asked for run the colt responded but was beaten less then a length going 7f. Trainer Sheppard really likes this one and we all would be shocked if he gets beat today going this one mile distance.

Santa Anita

9th (4:38)
5 Furlongs (All Weather Track) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Maiden Claiming ($32,000 - $28,000) | Purse: $18,000

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
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1 1 Krakow Queen Baze T C Yakteen Tim 121 $32,000 L 3-1
2 2 Hot Nurse Medina L Eurton Peter 117 $28,000 L 10-1
3 3 Dos Veinte Valdez F S DeLima Jose E 121 $32,000 10-1
4 4 Harmony's Hope Puglisi I Hofmans David 121 $32,000 L 7-2
5 5 Binky's Sister Flores D R Kasparoff James M 121 $32,000 L 9-2
6 6 Billssecondchance Gavica G P Martinez Silverio 117 $28,000 L 20-1
7 7 R. C. Storm Amador S R Martinez Silverio 117 $28,000 Blk-On L 50-1
8 8 Very Vintage Talamo J Harrington Mike 121 $32,000 L 15-1
9 9 Excessive Chatter Pedroza M A Kitchingman Adam 117 $28,000 L 5-1
10 10 Senior Security Quinonez A Stein Roger M 121 $32,000 L 5-1
11 AE Carat for C. C. Rivera C Nettles Kenneth 112 5 $28,000 Blk-Off L 50-1

$1 Exacta / $1 Trifecta / $1 Superfecta (.10 Min.) $1 Super High 5

Battagliaspicks 1-9-8-10

#1 Krakow Queen- Led the way in her debut until tiring late. She shortens up and will prove hard to catch.

Santa Anita Race #8 Courtesy of Ellis Starr

#5 Setsuko - Fair odds 7/2
#8 El Mirage King - Fair odds 7/2
#4 Outlaw Man - Fair odds 7/2
#10 Nextdoorneighbor - Fair odds 7/2

Setsuko added blinkers two races back and the result was a strong 3 length maiden victory around two turns here at Santa Anita, an effort he followed up with a half length defeat at this 9 furlong distance, but on the turf. With Bejarano riding him back after being up for the first time and having earned a field high (tied with Kettle River, who missed a week of training with a minor illness) 102 Equibase Speed Figure in his main track won on 12/27, and as one of the only 2 horses in the field to have run 9 furlongs, he figure very capable of gaining his first stakes victory and setting up a try in the Santa Anita Derby very nicely. El Mirage King may be a longshot special, well bet in his 1/9 victory on the turf down to 5 to 1 and winning with ease in an 11 horse field. Having improved to a 99 figure in that race and bred to run long with no issues, he could run a lot better than his high odds will suggest. Outlaw Man is the other horse in the field to have run 9 furlongs, having won by a nose on 1/27 on the turf in a fine effort as he battled head and head down the stretch and prevailed with a lot of maturity. With the only question being whether he can run as well on the main track, but having improved with each start to a 98 figure last out and with more improving to do, he’s certainly a contender. Nextdoorneighbor tried two turns for the 1st time last out on 1/24 in his 3rd career start and won as he pleased by 5 lengths, and being a grandson of Wild Rush he’s good for this distance as well as the Kentucky Derby distance of 1 ¼ miles. Although he loses Bejarano he picks up Smith, no stranger to top horses and top 3 year olds, and so likely to improve in his 2nd route start he rounds out our quartet of contenders in the Sham Stakes.

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