Ellis Starr’s Blog
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Key Races & Bets for Saturday December 30th, 2023
Suwanee River Stakes – Race 8 at Gulfstream Park – Post Time 3:32 PM Eastern Win contenders: Accomplished Girl, Sister Lou Ann, Fast as Flight Fast as Flight appears to have just been in as a prep for this race last time out on 12/3 on the all-weather course, where she finished fourth of eight. That’s because she had been off for five months prior to that and there were likely no other opportunities for
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Key Races & Bets for Saturday December 23rd, 2023
Tropical Park Oaks – Race 8 at Gulfstream Park – Post Time 3:36 PM Eastern Win contenders: Startup Mentality, Implicated, Be My Sunshine For exactas (second position): Cairo Consort, Breath Away Startup Mentality and Implicated (both trained by Chad Brown) finished third and first, respectively, in the higher level Grade 3 Pebbles Stakes last month in New York, and Startup Mentality had a much tougher trip so gets slight preference over her stablemate today. Startup
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Key Races & Bets for Friday December 15th and Saturday December 16th, 2023
Friday December 15 – Remington Springboard Mile – Race 10 at Remington Park – Post Time 10:28 PM Eastern Otto the Conqueror stands out in this nine horse field but with Doug O’ Neill shipping in Raging Torrent from southern California and having won the Zia Park Derby a couple of weeks back with a shipper, and with Brad Cox saddling a pair in Fidget and Gettysburg Address, Otto the Conqueror may not be a
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Key Races & Bets for Saturday December 9th, 2023
Wait a While Stakes – Race 6 at Gulfstream – Post Time 2:34 PM Eastern Win contenders: Milliat, Ozara Ozara and Milliat have the bulk of the probability to win this two-turn turf route for two year old fillies, but it is highly likely only Milliat can be bet to win as she opens at 8 to 1 compared to 8 to 5 for Ozara. So that’s where I’ll start. Milliat won her only start,
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Key Races & Bets for Saturday December 2nd, 2023
Demoiselle Stakes – Race 7 at Aqueduct – Post Time 2:45 PM Eastern Win contenders: Most of All, Ringy Dingy, Shimmering AllureVulnerable favorites: Life Talk, Caldwell Luvs Gold Let’s start with why the first and third morning line favorites are vulnerable, which sets up the race for some nice overlays from fair odds on the three win contenders. Life Talk (8 to 5) is favored based on her fourth of 12 finish four weeks ago