Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet runs until the end of the month. The 10-race card this Friday, March 20, features four turf races with a $40,000 purse or more, two as part of a $1 Pick 3 wager to end the day. Here’s a closer look:

GP 8th race (4:24 p.m. EST) -- YOU BE THE JUDGE adds blinkers for her first start this year – and she will have to keep wicked fast stablemate BRITTANY’S WAY and Wesley Ward-trained returnee BLACKFOOT DAISY in her sights to have an upset chance in this $35,000 claimer at 5-1/2F on the lawn. But she finished a troubled third in her only turf start last year won by stakes-placed turf sprinter Shotgun Wedding, shows a series of strong workouts for her return and should be used in the leadoff leg of the Bet 3. AERIALIST led clear after a half mile in three of her last four starts on turf, holding on only for her maiden victory. But she changed tactics last out and escaped a stretch traffic jam to finish well from off the pace, a move that comes in handy today.

GP 9th race (4:55 p.m. EST) -- COPERNIUM broke sharp, tracked the 8-5 pace setter to the stretch and kicked away with authority in a suspect field that got him eligible for this spot. He holds a tactical advantage over his main rivals as he looks to go 3-for-3 in non-stakes races. It doesn’t hurt that new trainer Carlos David is 9-for-31 off the claim in the last five months. WIN N JUICE spent his 2-year-old season in stakes company, save for his MSW win on the Gulfstream lawn. He chased and gave way on the surface switch in his seasonal debut, but he finished behind three six-figure earners and a next-out, 29-1 allowance upsetter.

GP 10th race (5:25 p.m. EST) -- DAZZLING CRUISER maintained steady form for her new barn with a pair of seconds at this level, one on turf and the other on Gulfstream’s synthetic track. She rallied 4-wide on the turn two back and led inside the eighth pole, then saved ground last out after the winner was carried out on the first turn. EVELYN LOUISE won on the Gulfstream turf a year ago and was disqualified from her only win since then in a turf-to-dirt route at Horseshoe Indianapolis in the fall. But she impressed in that race, nonetheless, after she tried to get out on the first turn and bumped soundly with another rival at the top of the stretch, only to recover quickly with a determined rail run. Hoping she can return to her best form in her second start this year. MOONLIGHT PROMISES will take some catching in her second start this year. She posted an 81 Beyer speed figure in her 5F maiden win on the turf and sprinted clear in her only start beyond 6F in the race prior, leading until the favorite caught up late at 7F.

Suggested $1 Bet 3 Ticket:
GP 8th Race: 4, 5, 6
GP 9th Race: 7, 8
GP 10th Race: 2, 5, 8
Cost: $18