It will be a frenetic 3 1/2-hour race to the finish for the Sunset 6 wager this Friday. With a $19,498 carryover pool dangling in the balance, you can hit it rich by picking the winners of the last three races on the Gulfstream and Santa Anita cards, respectively. It's also the last day for the Bet $25, Get $5 Pegasus World Cup Bankroll Builder - so consider some Gulfstream Park action in addition to get that bonus money.

Here’s a closer look:

GP 8th race (3:50 p.m. EST) -- Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher sends out a double threat in this one-mile Maiden Special Weight test. SHE BE SMOOTH starts from post 2 with Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard. Her dam, Seattle Smooth, was a millionairess with four graded stakes wins spanning 7F to 1-1/16 miles. EIGHEED, a $1.2 million purchase, starts from post 9 with John Velazquez Jr. aboard. Her dam, Immediate Impact, won first out at Del Mar by 6-3/4 lengths at odds-on. Of those that have run, SISTER SLEW is worth using in the Sunset 6 after she stalked the pace-controlling, 4-to-5 winner in the 4-path and got up for third in the same spot at 44-1 odds.

GP 9th race (4:20 p.m. EST) -- THE DOVE RULES rallied for second behind the 2-to-5 favorite in the same spot and should get every bit of the same fast pace to run at as she seeks her first win in eight tries on the lawn. TREE C’S KAI shook a duel and a torrid pace to draw clear at the furlong pole and hold on to win in a main-track sprint. She’s 0-for-11 on the Gulfstream turf but draws a favorable post with speed to her inside and is 12-1 on the morning line. SPARLING STAR removed the blinkers, delivered her top speed figure since arriving from Peru off an eight-month layoff and gets ample pace flow to use on the ticket at a big price with Egan summoned to ride.

GP 10th race (4:50 p.m. EST) -- TRIUMPHANT ROAD saved ground, lost momentum while awaiting room on the final turn, then checked sharply when he tried to split rivals in the stretch. He recovered with a willing finish, now returns to a distance that produced 1-2-3 synthetic track finishes since August. INTERNAL CAPITAL is a lightly-raced 7-year-old, but he, too, has shown a liking to this surface at the $25,000 claiming level and should benefit from a useful, class-dropping try off a one-year layoff.

SA 6th race (6:09 p.m. EST) -- TAMMY BABY’S first start for a claiming price was her best yet. She ‘followed within range’ of the winning favorite until deep stretch and finished fourth, but she finished 3-1/4 lengths ahead of Gracie’s Gem, who won by 5 lengths as the odds-on favorite next out. Similarly, SHADY STRIPES ‘rallied mildly’ for third off a 3-1/2-month layoff, but was 4-3/4 lengths clear of Dakota’s Shadow, who won by 7-1/4 lengths with a 68 Beyer next out. She showed speed in her 4-1/2F debut at Santa Anita last year and gets Lasix for the first time.

SA 7th race (6:41 p.m. EST) -- MEMETRIC awakened in her first start on the main track and at Santa Anita with a 16-1 upset victory at 6F. She reeled in the 2-to-1 pace setter in mid-stretch and won going away with a similar-type trip that she can work out in this $50,000 optional claiming race for 3-year-old California-bred fillies. TAPATIA MIA could also be heard from late as she gets Lasix for her seasonal debut. She broke slowly and never threatened in a six-figure stakes race at this distance, but the top trio are all stakes winners with a combined 15/7-2-4 record and $482k in earnings.

SA 8th race (7:13 p.m. EST) -- CAPTAIN CHOOCHIES won 3 of his last 4 one-mile turf races at Santa Anita, two by a neck and one by a nose. He broke his maiden at the distance on the main track to launch a current three-race winning streak. He makes the ticket despite facing better rivals today. LAMMAS waited for running room before he ranged up into contention for the stretch drive, only to get out-kicked in a blanket finish at 1-1/8 miles. He’s 13-for-40, a two-time stakes winner going long on the dirt and a major threat yet again.


Suggested $1 Ticket

GP 8th Race: 2, 6, 9
GP 9th Race: 2, 7, 11
GP 10th Race: 4, 7
SA 6th Race: 3, 5
SA 7th Race: 1, 5
SA 8th Race: 2, 5

Cost: $144