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Saturday, Feb. 1
Gulfstream Park, Race 11, $265,000 Holy Bull Stakes, 5:13 p.m. ET
A discipline of seven 3-year-olds is ready to race 1 1/16 miles within the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes in a race that would launch the winner or prime finishers ahead on the highway to the 2025 Kentucky Derby Introduced by Woodford Reserve. The sector comprises some potential up-and-coming maiden winners making the following logical step in opposition to stakes firm however the horse to beat within the race is #2 Ferocious, a colt already examined in opposition to a lot of the finest members of his age in races as a 2-year-old. Ferocious gained huge within the mud in his profession debut at Saratoga and confronted nothing however Grade 1 competitors since then with strong second-place finishes to his credit score within the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga after which in Keeneland’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity earlier than ending fifth within the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Introduced by TAA. He provides blinkers for his 3-year-old debut, and this high-level competitor can deal with the gap and has but to actually run a foul race. Of the group of maiden winners with one of the best probability to step-up on this spot, #3 Tappan Avenue is essentially the most fascinating primarily based on his win at first asking final time over a 12-horse discipline right here at Gulfstream for coach Brad Cox, who wins at a 38% clip with horses like this which can be stretching out from a dash to a route. There’s a pair of stakes winners entered within the race together with #4 Weapons Loaded, who gained Gulfstream’s Mucho Macho Man Stakes final time, and #5 He’s Not Joking, who gained a Woodbine stakes on an all-weather floor final yr. Of that pair, the speedy Weapons Loaded deserves a spot in exactas and trifectas with Irad Ortiz Jr. choosing up the mount right here on a horse who’s coming off back-to-back wire-to-wire wins. The query right now for Weapons Loaded shall be if he can deal with the 1 1/16-mile distance round two turns. We’ll quickly discover out.
The Play: Wager on #2 Ferocious (9-5) to win and play him in exacta and trifecta containers with #3 Tappan Avenue (3-1) and #4 Weapons Loaded (5-2).
Gulfstream Park, Race 12, $165,000 Fasig-Tipton Ahead Gal Stakes, 5:45 p.m. ET
Three-year-old fillies take their flip in Saturday’s finale at Gulfstream with the working of the Grade 3 Ahead Gal Stakes, which has drawn a discipline of 11 set to go seven furlongs. There isn’t a scarcity of contenders, however the horse to beat is #7 Eclatant, a filly who started her profession final yr with two sharp wins who was gifted sufficient to notch an 82 Beyer Velocity Determine as a 2-year-old in June. Eclatant settled for third in her most up-to-date begin in Churchill Downs’ Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes when stretched out to 1 1/16 miles, however she appears rather more well-placed on this seven-furlong task for Brad Cox. The opposite spots within the exacta and trifecta ought to belong to the horses within the race with the highest profession credentials so far: #2 The Queens M G and #11 Stunner. The Queens M G was a Grade 3 winner of Saratoga’s Adirondack Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs as a 2-year-old by 9 lengths who will race for Gulfstream’s prime coach Saffie Joseph Jr. and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Stunner is a Cox Stablemate of Eclatant who was a maiden winner at 6 ½ furlongs at Aqueduct final fall who then gained the $150,000 Tempted Stakes at Aqueduct at a one-turn mile. Seven furlongs ought to be perfect for her.
The Play: Wager #7 Eclatant (9-2) to win and play him in exacta and trifecta containers with #2 The Queens M G (5-1) and #11 Stunner (4-1).
