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Headlines

The Rainbow 6 rings in the new week with a $339,222 carryover – creating a $600,000-guaranteed pool when racing resumes Wednesday. The Super High 5 has a $23,107 carryover … Post times this week are 12:35 pm ET on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday as well as 12:05 pm ET on Friday and Saturday … Gulfstream features 8 stakes this weekend, including 3 on New Year’s Day Friday and a 5-pack on Saturday, including the Mucho Macho Man Stakes to kick off the road to the Florida Derby for 3-year-olds … Xpressbet.com’s Beat the Host contest begins this Saturday and each week features 5 races each from Gulfstream and Santa Anita ($5 win bets). Take on this week’s host Jeremy Plonk for your share of $60,000 in prizes.

Stronach 5

After a week holiday break for Christmas, the Stronach 5 races this Friday, January 1, will be:

Leg A – Laurel Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 3:55
Leg B – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:11
Leg C – Laurel Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:25
Leg D – Santa Anita Race 3 with an approximate post time of 4:32
Leg E – Gulfstream Park Race 10 with an approximate post time of 4:42

1/ST BET Top Factors Last Week:

Horseplayers using the 1/ST BET app saw the most success with these 3 of the 52 handicapping filters for Gulfstream Park last week, each winning at a 28% or greater win rate.

Avg. Best 2 of 3 Speed
Win %
Speed Last Race

Trends Last Week

-- Jockey Edgard Zayas paced the riders with 29% wins, 45% in the exacta and a $1.19 ROI for every $1 bet on his 31 mounts. He won twice each with trainers Juan Carlos Avila and Gustavo Delgado from only 5 combined mounts.

-- Trainer Todd Pletcher remained white-hot with a 13: 6-1-3 week. He’s now 12-for-31 over the past 2 weeks (17-for-47 total 3-week run). He saddled 3 maiden breakers for the second straight week. The barn went 4-for-7 with Irad Ortiz Jr. in the irons.

-- Trainer Danny Gargan won with his only starter on the week and now has a 5-for-7 record over the past 3 weeks. All of his meet victories have been at a mile or longer.

-- Trainer Shug McGaughey’s limited runners were on point last week at 3: 2-0-1, including promising Florida Derby trail hopeful Greatest Honour in a dirt route maiden special weight graduation.

-- In a week where favorites slightly underperformed overall, maiden claiming chalk continued its meet-long strength. The 10: 4-3-1 weekly mark makes MCL favorites 22-for-49 at the meet (45% wins, 63% in exacta).