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Headlines

Gulfstream Park has a $62,672 Rainbow 6 carryover and $250,000-guaranteed pool for Wednesday’s kickoff card for the week … The Rainbow 6 was hit last Saturday by a single ticket for more than $700,000 … Saturday’s Fountain of Youth Stakes Day megacard includes 9 stakes in all, 8 of the graded variety … Probables for the Fountain of Youth, which will be drawn Wednesday, include Holy Bull Stakes 1-2-3 finishers Greatest Honour, Tarantino and Prime Factor, as well as 2020 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Fire at Will and fleet Swale sprint winner Drain the Clock.

Stronach 5

Last week’s Stronach 5 was cancelled due to weather issues at Laurel Park. Stronach 5 races this Friday, February 26, will be:

Leg A: Laurel Park Race 9 with a post time of 4:17 pm ET
Leg B: Santa Anita Race 3
Leg C: Gulfstream Race 8
Leg D: Laurel Race 10
Leg E: Golden Gate Fields Race 3

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 26% or greater win rate and flat-bet profit.

Jockey Current Year
Last E1 Pace
Avg. Speed Last 3

Trends Last Week

-- Trainer Peter Walder had a week of weeks, going 8: 6-0-1 and nearly matching his 8-win total for the meet prior. He has won with 6 consecutive starters dating back to last Thursday. Among those victories are $9, $13 and $15 returns.

-- Trainer Mike Maker posted a 7: 4-0-1 mark, winning both attempts with favorites and posting all 4 wins with horses 4-1 or less. Maker went 2-for-3 with maiden claimers and is 7-for-14 with them at the meet.

-- Trainer Kent Sweezey’s 8: 2-1-2 week makes him 15: 5-2-3 over the past 2 weeks with a $1.38 ROI for every $1 bet. He’s 2-for-4 with jockey Luis Saez and 6: 2-2-2 with Paco Lopez.

-- Jockey Corey Lanerie continued his red-hot ways with another 5-win week (23% wins) and winners at $13, $16 and $60. Lanerie also won 5 races the week prior with $12, $13, $21, $22 and $33 scores. He boasts a $2.29 ROI for every $1 bet the past 2 weeks from a 10-for-46 mark (22%).

-- Favorites vastly under-performed last week at 15-for-53 (28%), though jockey Miguel Vasquez was reliable on chalk at 6: 4-2-0.