GULFSTREAM PARK STAKES RACES FOR SUNDAY 12-26-2021

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2021

GULFSTREAM PARK STAKES

ANALYSIS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE

 

RACE 5 – TROPICAL PARK OAKS $100,000 1 1/16 MILES TURF

#6 LADY SPEIGHTSSPEARE 3/1 – HAS WON ALL 4 OF HER STARTS. THE KEY RACE WAS HER PREVIOUS WINNING THE G1 NATALMA AT WOODBINE. TRAINER ROGER ATTFIELD HAS HANDLED HER PERFECTLY AND JOCKEY EMMA JANE WILSON IS A PERFECT FIT FOR A PERFECT HORSE.

#9 TOBY’S HEART 5/2 – FINISHED THIRD BEATEN A BY LESS THAN 2 LENTHS AFTER A STALKING TRIP FROM FOURTH IN THE G3 LAKE GEORGE AT SARATOGA IN JULY. EVEN FARTHER BACK EARLY (8TH) IN THE $150K TEPIN IN JUNE AT CHURCHILL SHE CAME FLYING TO BE A NARROWLY BEATEN SECOND BY ONLY 1/2 A LENGTH. IS THE ONLY REAL THREAT TO THE TOP HORSE.

 

RACE 10 – TROPICAL PARK DERBY $100,000 1 1/16 MILES TURF

#2 NEVER SURPRISED 8/5 – IS VERY TALENTED. LIFETIME HE IS 6-3-3-0. ALL THREE WINS HAVE BEEN IN NON-GRADED STAKES AND HIS MAIDEN RACE. ALL THREE SECONDS WERE IN GRADED STAKES. HE IS FRESH OFF THE AN EASY 6 LENGTH SCORE IN THE $150K GIO PONTI AT AQUEDUCT. HIS SECOND WAS A NARROW LOSS IN HIS PREVIOUS RACE,  THE G2 HILL PRINCE. HE ALSO WAS THE RUNNER UP IN THE G3 SARANAC AT SARATOGA AND THE G3 KITTEN’S JOY HERE AT GULFSTREAM. THE RACE GOES THROUGH HIM.

#5 YES THIS TIME 9/2 – THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE TOP HORSE, HE WON THE G3 KENT AT DELAWARE IN JULY. HE WAS SECOND BEATEN A LENGTH AT KENTUCKY DOWNS IN SEPTEMBER IN THE $750K DUELING GROUNDS DERBY AT 1 5/16 MILES ON TURF. LAST TIME, HE COULD ONLY MANAGE THIRD IN THE $150K BRYAN STATION AT KEENELAND BUT THE SOFT GROUND MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS INABILITY TO CLOSE AS HE WAS THIRD ALL THE WAY AROUND.

#3 SAFE CONDUCT 8/1 – CHASED THE TOP HORSE IN SECOND THE ENTIRE TRIP IN THE GIO POINTI WHILE LOSING GROUND THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. HOWEVER, HER BEST RACE WAS ON THE WOODBINE TAPETA SURFACE WINNNG THE $1M QUEENS PLATE LAST AUGUST.

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