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Headlines

Gulfstream has announced a mandatory payout in Saturday’s Rainbow 6. The jackpot-style wager has a $458,914 carryover ($700,000-guaranteed pool) coming into Friday’s 3-day week opener … Feature races this week will be the kickoff legs in the Florida Sire Stakes for 2-year-old fillies ($100,000 Desert Vixen) and the colts/geldings ($100,000 Dr. Fager) … Nominations have closed for the Aug. 7 Azalea Stakes, which include multiple stakes winner Competitive Speed and unbeatens Kamar Taj and R Adios Jersey … Renovations continue on the new third racing surface, Tapeta, at Gulfstream and it’s scheduled to be unveiled in September.

Stronach 5

The Stronach 5 is on temporary summer hiatus and expected to return in September.

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 30% or higher rate and showing a flat-bet profit. Avg. Speed was the top-performing factor for the second straight week. The 1/ST BET app’s artificial intelligence handicapping selections tabbed 47% top-pick winners last week at Gulfstream for a $37.20 profit over the 32 races offered.

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Trends Last Week

-- Favorites bounced back last week with 42% wins and 61% in the exacta after winning just 23% the previous 2 weeks.

-- Jockey Chantal Sutherland won 4 races last Saturday, including the featured Monroe overnight stakes. She was 15: 5: 3-0 overall for the week and 8-28 the past 2 weeks.

-- Jockey Edgard Zayas went 6: 4-1-1 aboard favorites, leading the colony with a 16: 5-3-1 record on the week.

-- Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. posted a 6: 3-1-0 record, including 2-for-2 with the favorite, as well as a 9-2 winner and 9-2 runner-up. He was 2-for-2 with allowance sprinters.

-- Trainer Victor Barboza was 6: 3-1-1 with a big $3.13 ROI for every $1 bet. Four of his runners went off 8-5 or less, but the inflator was $29 winner Challenge Princess on Sunday.

-- Trainer Juan Alvarado won with all 3 starters, boasting $4, $14 and $20 winners. All 3 starters came on Saturday’s card, including overnight stakes winner Key Biscayne. He’s 7: 4-1-1 since July 9.