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Headlines

The Rainbow 6 returns Thursday with a $486,765 carryover … Jockey Paco Lopez, 35, notched career win No. 3000 on April 10 at Gulfstream … Florida Derby winner Known Agenda departed South Florida Monday for Churchill Downs in advance of the May 1 Kentucky Derby, where he will be ridden by Championship Meet record-setter Irad Ortiz, Jr. Other Derby hopefuls with Gulfstream ties include Florida Derby runner-up Soup and Sandwich (Tyler Gaffalione) and local maiden combatants Dynamic One (Jose Ortiz) and Sainthood (rider TBD) … The 2021 1/ST and Xpressbet Kentucky Derby Wager Guide, featuring Gulfstream Park handicappers, will be available for free download beginning April 23.

Stronach 5

Last week’s Stronach 5 paid $717.70 to 144 winning tickets. Stronach 5 races this Friday, April 16, will be:

Leg A – Gulfstream Park Race 7 with an approximate post time of 4:18
Leg B – Gulfstream Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:50
Leg C – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 5:22
Leg D – Golden Gate Fields Race 3 with an approximate post time of 5:27
Leg E – Golden Gate Fields Race 4 with an approximate post time of 6:00

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.

Earnings at Track
ITM (In The Money) %
Avg. Best 2 of Last 3 Speed

Trends Last Week

-- Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. continued his roll with a 16: 7-1-2 record and a big $2.74 ROI for every $1 bet. He posted a $47 winner and notably only 1 of his 7 scores was under a 2-1 price. Joseph is now 10-for-23 over the past 2
weeks at Gulfstream.

-- Trainer Kent Sweezey went 7: 3-0-0 with logical winners at 3-2, 9-5 and 3-1. The performance was a good pivot from a 1-for-10 streak that led into last week for a barn that hits a solid percentage.

-- Trainer Antonio Sano turned the corner from a long cold spell with an 11: 2-3-1 mark that showed promise. Sano had been 2-33 in starts leading up to last week’s rebound.

-- Jockey Hector Berrios did the most with limited tries, posting a 10: 2-3-0 record. His $17 and $47 winners were joined by longshot runners-up at 19-1 and 65-1. Berrios had a $3.27 ROI for every $1 bet.

-- Favorites were 12-for-21 (57%) in races scheduled for the turf last week.