On the “surface,” Gulfstream Park’s late Pick 3 this Friday will cover a wide range of options. With one race on the all-weather track, one on dirt and one on turf, handicappers will have to navigate 640 possible combinations to hit the wager. Here’s a closer look with a suggested $1 ticket that costs $30:

GP 7th race (4:13 p.m. EST) -- The Beyer speed figure par for this condition is a 70, but none of the eight entrants in this $12,500/nw2 claimer have reached that plateau in the last 23 months. OCALA ROCKET transitioned well to the all-weather surface in a slow-paced route race, but he was out-kicked by the 2-1 repeat winner and couldn’t get past the favorite for the place spot. He gets a 7-pound weight break for his second start at this level but will be an underlay in the wagering, hence a five-deep punch in the opening leg of the Pick 3. PROUD AMERICAN is my top choice after he stalked the pace 4-wide, took over at the quarter pole and held off a pair of deep closers to win as the class-dropping favorite. Rail-sitter MY SERGEANT goes long for the first time off a six-month layoff, but he broke his maiden from up-close at 5-1/2F and can use his speed well. He was no threat in a faster-paced follow-up, facing the likes of Carcone (third in two recent allowances), Hollywood Mayhem (3-8 at GP), and next-out, wire-to-wire sprint winner Dios Will. WINNING FORTUNE ‘wore down foes’ in deep stretch to spring a 15-1 upset over three rivals who finished 1-2-3 in their next start. KUWAIT TOWERS had a useful comeback at 6-1/2F off a freshening with a ‘steady gain’ until the stretch behind a runaway winner. He changes riders, sheds the blinkers and has two decent 1-1/16-mile races on the all-weather track last winter to summon.

GP 8th race (4:48 p.m. EST) -- ALESS QUEEN, a lightly-raced 4-year-old, broke her maiden in MSW company at this distance on the Gulfstream dirt. She finished in the money in her last four starts against the likes of Emirates Affair (12-51, $373k) and Royal Poppy (6-25, $368k), who blazed to a repeat victory with a 90 Beyer next out. She moves from the rail to post 10 and might have to find a passing gear, but should be up to the task. HUMOR ME BROTHER was no match for ALESS QUEEN last out but could turn the tables with a lively pace to run at. She was heavily bet off a 7F MSW victory on a fast track. GIRVIN STAR came up a length short of three consecutive wire-to-wire victories but has to carry her speed farther in her first long sprint try, so I’ll leave her off the ticket.

GP 9th race (5:21 p.m. EST) -- AWESOME CAMPAIGN steadied after she bumped with the favorite into the first turn and didn’t recover. But she circled the turn 4-wide in her prior turf race at one mile and weakened while chasing the front-end winner through solid fractions. She enters the barn of trainer Victor Barboza, who won 19 times from his last 76 new acquisitions. GIDDY UP BABY tries to break through after five runner-up finishes in 13 starts, including a May 24 turf route at this distance when she took aim at the 4-to-5 winner. MARY MARGUERITE finished a distance second to the MSW-dropping favorite in her well-bet debut, now switches to the lawn for a 22-percent sprint-to-route barn.

Suggested $1 Pick 3
GP 7th Race: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
GP 8th Race: 8, 10
GP 9th Race: 3, 6, 7
Cost: $30