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Key Races & Bets for Saturday March 9th, 2024

Florida Oaks – Race 10 at Tampa Bay Downs -Post Time 4:45 PM Eastern Top Contenders: Style Points, Dynamic Pricing Other contenders: Pharoah’s Wine Style Points is on a strong pattern for improvement off a neck defeat in the similar Sweetest Chant Stakes at Gulfstream Park last month, at this distance on turf. She had broken her maiden on 12/24/23 in her second career start, at this distance on turf, improving to a 93 Equibase

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The Fountain of Youth 2024

Nine are scheduled to go to post for The Fountain of Youth on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Two of the scheduled runners, Speak Easy and Merit are also entered in an allowance race on Friday and as of now we don’t know where each will start. That is an important factor to consider as both have some early speed and one or both coming out of The Fountain of Youth will impact the pace.  

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday March 2nd, 2024

Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes – Race 11 at Gulfstream Park -Post Time 4:20 PM Eastern Top Contenders: Ticking, Shaq Diesel, Tumbarumba Other contenders: Castle Chaos, Steal Sunshine Ticking may be disregarded by many bettors and go to post at decent (high) odds, which is fine for us who believe he can win. The recently turned four year old won by large margins at seven furlongs on dirt at Gulfstream last February and March, then ran

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Saudi Cup Saturday

It is Saudi Cup Saturday, and there is some nice horse racing across the globe. We’ll look at a few spots and see if we can come up with any plays. The Kentucky Derby points and prep race, The Rebel came up light in my view despite the generous one million dollar plus purse. I’ll just be watching that one. Over in the desert in The Howden Neom Turf Cup there were three horses who

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday February 24th, 2024

Lightning City Stakes – Race 7 at Tampa Bay Downs -Post Time 3:23 PM Eastern Top Contenders: Howboutdemapples, Play the Music HOT HOT HOT should be the early pace scenario in this field and even though speed does well at five furlongs on grass much of the time there are just TOO MANY “Early” pace types for any to hold on late to the pair of stalkers and closers in the form of Howboutdemapples and

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