GULFSTREAM STAKES RACES – SATURDAY 2-12-2022

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POST TIME 10:57 AM PST

RACE 5 – GULFSTREAM PARK TURF SPRINT G3 $100,000 5 FURLONGS TURF

7 – GEAR JOCKEY (3/5)

5 – BELGRANO (9/2)

4 – YES I AM FREE (6/1)

1 – WARRIORS PRIDE (8/1)

6 – RICHY (12/1)

2 – BREAKTHROUGH (15/1)

3 – OMAHA CITY (20/1)

GEAR JOCKEY DROPS OUT OF THE G1 BREEDERS’ CUP TURF SPRINT WHERE HE FINISHED 6TH BEATEN 5 LENGTHS BY GOLDEN PAL IN A 12 HORSE FIELD. IN HIS PRIOR RACE HE WON THE G3 TURF SPRINT AT KENTUCKY DOWNS BY 2 LENGTHS SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF THE PACE THE WHOLE TRIP. HE WAS THIRD IN THE G3 TROY AT 5 1/2 FURLONGS ON TURF AT SARATOGA.

BELGRANO WON THE $106K RAINBOW HEIR AT MONMOUTH LAST AUGUST AT 5 1/2 FURLONGS ON TURF. HE FINISHED 3RD AT 48-1 IN THE G3 TROPICAL PARK TURF AT A MILE LAST TIME WHICH WAS TOO FAR FOR HIM VS STAKES COMPANY. THE SECOND CHOICE IS BACK AT A PROPER DISTANCE FOR HIM TO SUCCEED.

YES I AM FREE ATTENDED THE PACE AND WAS ONLY BEATEN 2 LENGTHS WHEN 4TH BEHIND PROFESSIONAL TURF SPRINTERS CAROTARI AND EXTRAVAGANT KID. NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT HIS 3 WINS SHOWING WERE ALL AGAINST MUCH EASIER.

WARRIOR’S PRIDE HAS WON GATE TO WIRE IN 2 GULFSTREAM PARK TURF TRIES AT THIS SHORT 5 FURLONG TURF DISTANCE. THOSE WERE BOTH STAKES, THE $100K TURF SPRINT LAST JULY AND THE $75K TEXAS GLITTER LAST MARCH. HIS LAST RACE WAS POOR WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A 6 MONTH LAYOFF. I WOULD EXPECT WE WILL SEE THE THE HORSE WHO WENT GATE TO WIRE IN HIS PREVIOUS TURF TRIES AND THE INSIDE POST WORKS TO HIS ADVANTAGE. UPSET SPECIAL!

POST TIME 12:33 PM PST

RACE 8 – LADIES TURF SPRINT $100,000

2 – MISS J MCKAY (8/5)

6 – MISS AURAMET (2/1)

1 – REINAGOL (6/1)

4 – GUARDIAN MOON (6/1)

3 – POSEIDONS PASSION (10/1)

5 – NIKEE KAN (12/1)

7 – SISTER PEACOCK (12/1)

MISS J MCKAY WON THE $100K ABUNDANTIA AT TODAY’S DISTANCE ON NEW YEARS EVE 2021. SHOWS SEVERAL EXCELLENT RACES IN TURF STAKES SPRINTS.

MISS AURAMET HAD AN INTERESTING TRIP NOTE TO EXPLAIN HER DISAPPOINTING 6TH PLACE FINISH BEHIND MISS J MCKAY LAST TIME. “BRUTAL TRIP, HIT GATE, SAWED OFF EARLY, PUSHED 9 WIDE AT 3/16”. PRIOR TO THAT DEBACLE SHE TOO HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EXCELLENT TURF SPRINTER WITH A CAREER RECORD OF 17-6-4-3. THESE TWO TOWER OVER THIS FIELD. WITH CLEAN TRIPS THESE 2 SHOULD DOMINATE.

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