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Headlines

The road to the Florida Derby picks up steam Saturday with the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes featured on a card that includes the Swale, Kitten’s Joy and Sweetest Chant – and Grade 3s … Gulfstream has a $6,358 Super High Five carryover into Wednesday’s card, where the Rainbow 6 pool will start anew … The Jan. 24 mandatory Rainbow 6 payout paid $12,558.86 for a $.20 ticket from a pool of more than $2 million … Saturday’s Xpressbet Beat the Host contest offers a unique twist this week as the 1/ST BET app’s artificial intelligence picks for Gulfstream and Santa Anita contest races will be the target for contestants to beat.

Stronach 5

With the Friday cancellation at Santa Anita, it’s a Gulfstream-heavy Stronach 5 this week. Stronach 5 races this Friday, January 29, will be:

Leg A – Laurel Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 3:55
Leg B – Gulfstream Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:11
Leg C – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:42
Leg D – Golden Gate Fields Race 3 with an approximate post time of 4:49
Leg E – Gulfstream Park Race 10 with an approximate post time of 5:13

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 19% or greater win rate. The factor Last Turn Time produced a strong $36 profit if you bet $2 win on every top selection in that category.

Best Speed Last 3
Last Turn Time
Last Purse

Trends Last Week

-- Favorites were 7: 5-0-1 in last week’s heavy dose of stakes races, including a sweep of the Pegasus World Cup (Knicks Go) and Pegasus World Cup Turf (Colonel Liam).

-- Jockey Junior Alvarado had a massive week with a 27: 7-5-2 mark that resulted in 26% wins and a $2.28 ROI for every $1 bet. He piloted winners at $12, $13, $17, $26 and $38 among those scores. Those 7 wins came for 6
barns, doubling up with Antonio Sano.

-- Jockey Miguel Vasquez was strong under-the-radar at 21: 5-1-2. His 24% wins netted a $1.41 ROI for every $1 bet with $18 and $20 scores. He won twice for trainer Ron Spatz. Vasquez the week prior had $25, $31 and $53 local victories.

-- Trainer Antonio Sano had his best week of the Championship Week with a 14: 4-2-2 record. His $2.36 ROI for every $1 bet was buoyed by $24 and $26 upsets. All 4 winners came for claiming tags (1 via maiden claimer).

-- Trainer Mark Casse, 6-for-50 at the meet coming into last week, his best week of the stand at 10: 4-0-0. He had a couple of turf allowance winners and posted $11 and $18 scores in the perk-up.

-- Low-profile trainer Enrique Amado won with both of his starters, posting huge dirt claiming upsets with $31 and $46 winners. Since starting the meet 0-for-7, he’s now won 3 of his last 4 since Dec. 13.