The anticipation builds as the carryover pool grows. No one has cashed out on the Sunset 6 wager in three weeks, leaving $33,119 in the Friday the 13th pool for anyone who picks the last three winners at both Gulfstream and Santa Anita Park. It costs $1 to play, or $108 for our ticket listed below:

GP 8th race (3:50 p.m. EST) -- HEIR TO THE ROAR is the most consistent runner in the field but has yet to race on turf. Her dam’s siblings were 0-for-14 on the lawn. BABY BLOCKS shows consistent grass form but she finished second four times in a row and is 0-5 on the Gulfstream turf. WILDLY SPEEDY is an allowance runner-up, but she faltered as the favorite last June in which the top three finishers are a combined 17/1-0-0 since then. Hit the ‘ALL’ button in Leg 1.

GP 9th race (4:20 p.m. EST) -- FIVE G traveled cross country off a nine-month layoff for her first Grade 1 race, but she ‘climbed early’ and back-pedaled to last on the Santa Anita turn in the 7F La Brea. She returns to the scene of a wire-to-wire victory in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks last March and gets Lasix off a string of steady workouts. CONTRARY is hitting her best stride for her first stakes attempt. She stalked the pace-controlling second favorite in the 4-path and got up late to prevail in a one-mile allowance last out, earning a second consecutive upper-80 speed figure. SUGAR FISH won two Grade 2 route races during a blockbuster freshman season, but raced only twice as a 3-year-old. She makes her seasonal debut for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr., who sent out the 1-2 finishers in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup.

GP 10th race (4:50 p.m. EST) -- ENGLISH ROCKER rallied mildly between rivals in a turf marathon two back, finishing behind the likes of Grade 3 runner-up Chapman’s Peak and Maiden Special Weight winner Blast Furnace (82 Beyer). He can factor at a good price in his first start for a claiming tag. AUTHENTIC LEGEND posted three bullet workouts for his seasonal debut but raced evenly in a fast-paced grass route at 1-1/16 miles. He was guided to the 5-path for the stretch drive when third at this level two starts ago.

SA 6th race (6:03 p.m. EST) -- It’s anybody’s race in this Maiden Special Weight turf mile. MIDNIGHT STRIKE is 5/0-0-0 going long on the turf, but he has a good work tab for his return from an eight-month layoff, the right running style with plenty of speed in the compact field and, most importantly, met eight next-out winners in those starts with high-end speed figures, not to mention eventual Grade 2 winner Call Sign Seven and Grade 3 victor Nitti.

SA 7th race (6:33 p.m. EST) -- ARTISMA finished second in three consecutive sprints at this level before an unsuccessful Grade 1 try. She stalked a three-way duel two starts back, loomed boldly with a 4-wide bid on the turn but came up a neck short of victory in a longer sprint than today. She is one of two solo plays in the Sunset 6.

SA 8th race (7: 03p.m. EST) -- JOHN METCALFE led and held second in three consecutive one-mile races before he was roughed up at the start and no factor in the Cal Cup Derby. He dueled on a short lead in his lone grass test, holding second after favored Unrivaled Time passed by for the win, the same Unrivaled Time who won a Grade 3 stakes next out. ROBIN OLDS debuts for trainer Phil D’Amato, who won with 2 of his last 7 first-out turf starters at Santa Anita. The 3-year-old colt will try to follow in the footsteps of his dam, Enola Gray, who was 4-for-6 on the lawn with a Grade 3 win and three minor stakes victories against Cal breds. Our Sunset 6 hopes will rest on these two runners, but if FLASH OF LIGHTNING draws into the race, add #10 to the final leg.

Suggested $1 Ticket
GP 8th Race: ALL
GP 9th Race: 1, 4, 7
GP 10th Race: 5, 6
SA 6th Race: 3
SA 7th Race: 8
SA 8th Race: 4, 8 (add #10 if he draws in)
Cost: $108