The Frosty Funds promotion continues Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout January. Take advantage of the Bet $100, Get $10 promotion this week on Tuesday's card from Louisiana Downs when you bet with 1/ST BET and Xpressbet. Here are a couple of key plays on the all-AQHA racing card.Louisiana Downs: Race 4#3 Headed North (8-1 morning line odds) comes out of a fast race for the level at Evangeline Downs and is consistently a clean breaker, giving her a chance in most situations. Breaking next to the morning line favorite could be good news in terms of trip, and note the Rodriguez-Clark jockey-trainer tandem wins 25% at Louisiana Downs with a solid flat-bet profit. Win #3. Exacta key-box 3 with 2,4. Daily Doubles 3-5 largest; 2,4 with 5 smaller.Louisiana Downs: Race 5#5 Mr Chato Perez (10-1 morning line odds) brings classier Lone Star Park AQHA form and should fit extremely well with this allowance class. Has run some of his fastest races around 300 yards, so the 400-yarder at Evangline last out simply may been beyond his best reach. Cut-back to 250 yards seems live. Win-place #5.

The stars will be out Saturday afternoon at Gulfstream Park when the 10th edition of the Pegasus World Cup anchors a 13-race program featuring 8 major stakes. From turf sprinters and routers to high-class distaffers and the cast for the $3 million headline attraction, there’s something for everyone.Horseplayers take note of the $10,000 Exacta-Thon promotion on Saturday’s Gulfstream Park card when you bet with 1/ST BET and Xpressbet. Also take part in the up to $10 money-back special on win bets for the Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Pegasus World Cup Turf and Pegasus World Cup when playing with 1/ST BET and Xpressbet.Let’s meet the contenders for the Pegasus World Cup Day:Race 5: Grade 3 $175,000 Christophe Clement Stakes#5-FIONN: Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational winner scored 4 stakes during a nearly $2 million campaign in 2025 for trainer Brad Cox. It’s the first of 2 key pairings on the program between Cox and jockey Flavien Prat, culminating with the Pegasus World Cup favorite Disco Time.Race 7: $175,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes#2-KHAADEM: Royal Ascot Group 1 winner and Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint third-place finisher returns to the US after contesting the prestigious Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint. British trainer Charlie Hills looks for a second American score with this 10-year-old who captured Keeneland’s Grade 2 Woodford Stakes in October.Race 8: Grade 3 $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes#1-LIFE AND TIMES: Potential rising star owns a pair of romping victories with big speed figures to open his career. This Todd Pletcher-trained 5-year-old was late to the party, but the son of Triple Crown winner Justify makes his stakes debut.#6-KNIGHTSBRIDGE: Trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado are back in the Gulfstream spotlight a season after Sovereignty launched an expected Horse of the Year campaign locally. This Nyquist colt won Gulfstream’s Mr. Prospector on Dec. 23 to improve to 5-for-7 lifetime with an average win margin of nearly 7 lengths.Race 9: Grade 3 $225,000 Willam L. McKnight Stakes#3-OHANA HONOR: Last out winner of Aqueduct’s Knickerbocker Stakes is Grade 1-placed for trainer Shug McGaughey. He’s part of a stacked hand jockey Flavien Prat will play on Saturday, and that rider has been aboard in each of this 6-year-olds’s most recent wins.Race 10: Grade 2 $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf#7-WHISKEY DECISION: Morning line favorite has won 2 of 3 since coming to trainer Chad Brown, Monmouth’s Eatontown and Aqueduct’s Athenia Stakes. Jockey Flavien Prat has been named to ride all 3 favorites in the Pegasus World Cup series of races Saturday.#8-PROCTOR STREET: Cardinal Handicap winner at Churchill has scored 3 of her last 4 starts and is 5-for-8 overall. Brendan Walsh-trained daughter of Street Sense makes her graded-stakes debut.#11-IN OUR TIME: Nearly wired this race last year for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. and will be expected on the front end looking to snap a length run over second and third-place stakes results.Race 11: Grade 2 $225,000 Inside Information Stakes#8-STERLING SILVER: 7-year-old mare won the Rampart Stakes here Dec. 26 in her first Gulfstream start, notching an 11th career victory and upping her bankroll to more than $1.3 million. Javier Castellano riders here in the rematch between the 1-2-3 Rampart finishers.Race 12: Grade 1 $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf#1-TEST SCORE: Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational winner has earned just under $1.5 million for trainer Graham Motion. Well-traveled sort makes his second Gulfstream appearance, third in last year’s Kitten’s Joy, and will take on elder horses for the first time.#2-PROGRAM TRADING: Morning line favorite for Chad Brown and Flavien Prat, this 6-year-old has made only 10 starts. Half of those have been wins, including the Grade1 Hollywood Derby and Grade 1 Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. He looks to bounce back from a troubled trip in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.#4-ONE STRIPE: Star South African jockey Gavin Lerena makes a notable appearance on this multiple Group 1-winning export. Dec. 26 allowance winner over the course at Gulfstream Park readies him after dueling and tiring in the Breeders’ Cup Mile. Graham Motion trains.Race 13: Grade 1 $3 million Pegasus World Cup#1-DISCO TIME: Undefeated 8-5 morning line favorite looks to run his perfect record to 6-for-6. Brad Cox and Flavien Prat team up with the Lecomte, St. Louis Derby and Dwyer winner who makes his first Grade 1 and longest career attempt.#3-FULL SERRANO: The 2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner exits a fifth-place finish in his title defense at Del Mar. Trainer John Sadler has seen the Argentine export bag more than $900,000 since arriving in the US. Joel Rosario rides.#7-TAPPAN STREET (pictured): The 2025 Florida Derby winner has made all 4 career starts at Gulfstream Park, winning 3, including a memorable defeat of Sovereignty over this same 1-1/8 miles trip. The $1 million yearling buy by Into Mischief won his local return prep Dec. 19 and will partner with Luis Saez for Brad Cox.#11-WHITE ABARRIO: Legendary, 8-for-10 Gulfstream Park resume includes wins in the 2022 Holy Bull and Florida Derby as well as the 2025 Pegasus World Cup. He’ll try to become this race’s first 2-time winner. Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. teams with Irad Ortiz Jr., who has ridden 3 Pegasus World Cup winners in the past 6 years. White Abarrio's 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic score has helped him rack up more than $7 million lifetime. Access the free 1/ST Pegasus World Cup Wager Guide with updated information throughout the racing week at https://news.1st.com/blog/pegasus-world-cup-picks. 

SCHEDULE NOTESSanta Anita, Fair Grounds | holiday racing today Parx | cancelled due to weatherTOURNAMENT TIME$40 Santa Anita Feeder | detailsNOTABLE CARRYOVERSSuper Hi 5 | $20,992 | Santa Anita | Race 9 | 7:30 pm ETKEY RACESSunland | Race 7 | 5:04 pm ET | La Senora StakesSunland | Race 8 | 5:32 pm ET | Corralito Steak House StakesWill Rogers Downs | Race 8 | 5:34 pm ET | Highland Ice StakesSanta Anita | Race 7 | 6:30 pm ET | Astra StakesLONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIXFair Grounds | Race 4 | 3:15 pm ETTurf Paradise | Race 6 | 5:30 pm ETTRAINERS TO WATCHJeff Radosevich | Mahoning Valley | all 5 entrants 5-1 or less oddsDID YOU SEE?Yesterday | Sunland Park | favorites won 1 of 9 racesPUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAMScott Shapiro: Santa Anita Spot Plays for MondayFrank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer best bets today in Xpressbet.com member’s section

The extended five-day racing week at Santa Anita Park concludes this afternoon with a special holiday card that kicks off at 3:30 pm ET / 12:30 pm PT. The card is led by the $100,000 Astra. The 1 1/2-miles event over the grass drew a compact group with Augustin Stables’ Mrs. Astor listed as a prohibitive 4-5-ML favorite. I am not in love with Mrs. Astor’s likely off odds, but also expect her to win the race, so I will likely bypass that event and focus instead on these few horses. Race 1:The Martin Luther King Jr. Day opener is a state-bred MSW event for fillies and mares at one-mile over the turf where the three ML favorites all exit a similar spot at Del Mar on November 14. In that two-turn affair in San Diego County, it was 8-5-ML favorite #3 Coyote Cafe finding a good spot early after breaking well, but struggling to finish with serious energy. Meanwhile, #4 Training Good continued to progress steadily for trainer Antonio Garcia with her solid late finish good enough to earn second at odds of 41-1. We are not going to get anything close to that price on this I’ll Have Another filly this afternoon, but it should be graduation day for her with an off the pace trip under jockey Armando Ayuso.Play: #4 Training Good (2-1 ML)Race 3:I am against 8-5-ML favorite #5 Video Review in this $50,000 maiden claimer at 6-furlongs over the turf. The son of Nyquist has had his chances, including last out in his first start off the claim for trainer John Sadler when he was bet down to 1-5-favoritism, yet was no match for 36-1-long shot Mutt Dillin who came into the race 0 for 9. Sadler has given Video Review some time to freshen up after the disappointing performance, but regardless I expect to be an underlay once again. I much prefer second choice #2 Arctic Power. The 4YO gelding cuts back to 1-turn for trainer Phil D’Amato after facing better going a route of ground twice to end his 2025 campaign. D’Amato has heated up at the Great Race Place over the last 14 days winning with 5 of 28 for a strong $2.92 ROI. The son of Tamayuz should be rolling late under jockey Umberto Rispoli.Play: #2 Arctic Power (9-5 ML)Race 9:There is no doubt the finale goes through 9-5-ML favorite #5 Ventry Strand. The late running son of Bolt d’Oro has a kick that should be able to out finish this group, but there are two concerns. Firstly, his last effort was a bit flat where once again he not only displayed a lack of early speed, but also failed to do any serious running late. Plus, trainer John Sadler comes into the holiday card just 2 for 25 to start the Classic Meet, so I will try to get the jump on him with first-time turfer #3 Marcos Performance. Trainer Peter Miller claimed the son of Cistron for $25k last November and added the blinkers after one start without the shades. They certainly seemed to make the gelding faster in his upset victory against open company first-level allowance foes over the dirt. It is always a major question how a runner will respond to moving from dirt-to-turf and there is not a ton of pedigree to give me a ton of confidence, so I will need at least 3-1 to gamble. That said, he should be in a good forward spot early under Ricky Gonzalez, so he has a big shot, if he takes to the course.Play: #3 Marcos Performance (3-1 ML)

Yonkers Raceway has a 10-race card. The $1.00 Pick 5 begins in Race 5 and it has a $10,000 guaranteed pool. The $1.00 Late Pick 4 starts in Race 7, and it will be my focus. Comments and selections below are based on a fast track.Race 7 (9:05 PM EDT)2-Dancin Sancho (9/2)-Needs a top of the stack trip and does like to get on the engine. That journey is within reach here and can battle with this kind.4-Music Hall (3-1)-Put in a couple of starts at M1 on 12-27 and on 1-10, that shouldn’t hurt chances tonight. Beat the $60k claimers in the last start at YR on 12-15. Came out of the 2-hole to take a picture, and that plan could be successful again.Race 8 (9:25 PM EDT)5-Mossdale Ben N (3-1)-The Peter Tritton veteran banked over $480k last year and did fade toward the end of the season. Lands in a spot to start the New Year with a win. Drops to a comfortable level and if fires hot off the bench it could be trouble for the rest of the field.7-Always a Thrill (5/2)-This 5-year-old last raced on 12-19 and trainer Nick DeVita posts 20% winners off a layoff. The post helps the price and makes it more of a challenge, but Bartlett takes the lines. The veteran hit the board in 17 of 27 at Yonkers with 6 wins. Will be in the hunt if brings its fastball.Race 9 (9:45 PM EDT)1-Alwayscuttinschool (4-1)-Slow stater makes things more difficult on itself. But shows a win here from post 1 in the fall and didn’t get the top early on. Collin Kelly will keep the DeVita trainee in contact with the leaders and should be in striking range ready to roll by.6-Perfect Promises (6-1)-Drops to the level of its last win on 12-1, and raced on 1-3 and 1-10 at the Big M. Could be tuned up and has the gate speed to be forwardly placed. Bartlett started last year with a bang, and looking for the same on opening night.Race 10 (10:05 PM EDT)1-Checkonwilliam GB (3-1)-This race could go a few different ways. Bartlett is on the pylons with a veteran who has hit the board in 11 of 15 with 6 pictures. Fits and should be racing near the top off the gate.2-Neyreit (6-1)-Tuned up with a start on 1-3 and 1-11 at M1 and can be a square price. This is another 8-year-old that does good work at YR winning 4 of 10 starts. Yannick Gingras takes the lines and lands at the level of its last win that came at Yonkers on 11-19.5-Over The Horizon (5/2)-Had a good December with a 1st and 2nd place finishes on the Hilltop, then took a picture on 12-20 at the Big M. Was scratched sick on 12-28 but if 100% knows how to dance with this kind and has won 7 of 17 at YR.6-Americagreatagain (4-1)-Winner of only 3 races last year and 2 pictures came after being dropped to face this kind in December. Was put away in sharp form and is a main threat if comes back racing the same way.$1 Late Pick 42,4/5,7/1,6/1,2,5,6Total Bet=$32Check me out on Twitter!

Breeders’ Cup and Florida Derby winners clash with an unbeaten in a milestone 10th edition of the Pegasus World Cup this Saturday at Gulfstream Park. A capacity field of 12 (plus 2 also-eligibles) was announced Sunday for the $3 million showcase, headlined by undefeated Disco Time, defending PWC race champ White Abarrio, 2025 Florida Derby winner Tappan Street and 2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile hero Full Serrano.Horseplayers can take advantage of the $10,000 Exacta-Thon promotion at 1/ST BET and Xpressbet for Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup card at Gulfstream Park – as well as our $10 money-back special (win bets) on the featured PWC, PWC Turf and PWC Filly and Mare Turf.Gulfstream Park track oddsmaker Brian Nadeau identified Disco Time as the 8-5 morning line favorite from post 1. Flavien Prat rides for the first time as Disco Time looks to advance to 6-for-6 lifetime. While Abarrio will start from post 11 as the 4-1 second choice on the morning line.A contentious pace projection in the Pegasus World Cup comes from stretch-out sprinters Captain Cook (post 9) and Madaket Road (post 6) as well as milers Full Serrano (post 3) and Mika (post 10). Position into the clubhouse turn of the 1-1/8 miles race will be critical. Given the rail, the pace-versatile Disco Time likely will be asked for more early emphasis in order to maintain position into the first bend.The 11-hole presents a challenge for the mid-packing White Abarrio, whose accomplishments include 2023 Florida Derby and 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic victories. He can become the only 2-time winner of the Pegasus World Cup, a race whose honor roll includes superstars like Arrogate, Gun Runner and Knicks Go. Irad Ortiz Jr. looks to pad his PWC record of 3 victories. Trainer Bob Baffert also seeks a fourth Pegasus crown when he sends out Madaket Road.Saturday’s stacked lineup at Gulfstream Park also includes the $1 million Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf (Race 12), where Chad Brown’s 3-time Grade 1 winner Program Trading is the 5-2 morning line favorite in a field of 13 (including 1 also-eligible). The $500,000 Grade 2 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf (Race 10) boasts a wide-open group of 14 with 12 to start. Whiskey Decision is the lukewarm 9-2 morning line favorite behind stakes wins at Aqueduct, Monmouth and Delaware Park, also for trainer Chad Brown.First post Saturday at Gulfstream will be 11 am ET. Advance wagering will be offered on Friday. Saturday’s Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park will have a mandatory payout provision.//$3 million Pegasus World Cup | Gulfstream Park | Race 13 | Saturday1-Disco Time | Flavien Prat | Brad Cox | 8-52-British Isles | Diego Herrera | Richard Baltas | 20-13-Full Serrano | Joel Rosario | John Sadler | 12-14-Banishing | Jose Ortiz | David Jacboson | 20-15-Skippylongstocking | Tyler Gaffalione | Saffie Joseph Jr. | 15-16-Madaket Road | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert | 10-17-Tappan Street | Luis Saez | Brad Cox | 6-18-Poster | Junior Alvarado | Eoin Harty | 20-19-Captain Cook | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | 15-110-Mika | Manny Franco | Mike Maker | 10-111-White Abarrio | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Saffie Joseph Jr. | 4-112-Brotha Keny | Javier Castellano | Jose D’Angelo | 30-113ae-Lightning Tones | Jose Morelos | Jose Castro | N/A14ae-Catalytic | David Egan | Antonio Sano | N/AAccess the free 1/ST Pegasus World Cup Wager Guide with updated information throughout the racing week at https://news.1st.com/blog/pegasus-world-cup-picks.

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The 5-day racing week at Santa Anita Park continues on Sunday afternoon with a 9-race slate headlined by a pair of allowance races over the grass. Here are a few horses I am building my day around at the Great Race Place. Hopefully, we can cold punch the All-Turf Pick 3 before diving into the special holiday card tomorrow.Race 5: This afternoon’s fifth is a big race for many since it kicks off the late Pick 5, as well as the All-Turf Pick 3, so despite the lack of creativity I am fine singling 5-2-ML favorite #2 Marian Cross. The 5YO mare has been freshened up by new trainer Dan Blacker after battling early and tiring late in a salty $200k stakes race on the Breeders’ Cup undercard. Blacker, who won his first two races of the meet on Saturday, adds the blinkers on this gal that should have no issue using her early zip to make the lead under jockey Mirco Demuro. With a clean break, Marian Cross should be very tough to catch in this first-level allowance at 6-furlongs. Play: #2 Marian Cross (5-2 ML) Race 7: The second of the two first-level allowance turf events on the Sunday agenda is at 9-furlongs and I like the chances quite a bit of #3 Centrodelantero. The Carpe Diem gelding has only raced over the grass 5 times with his first turf try out west coming in early November at Del Mar for trainer Jeff Mullins. The 6YO broke sharp that day, but settled kindly in a mid-pack spot off an honest early pace. When the time came for the real running, Centrodelantero was absolutely loaded under jockey Hector Berrios. He pulled away late to win for fun at odds of 3-1. Since then, Mullins has given him time away from racing, but he has not missed a beat in the mornings. Plus, Mullins is off to a great start to the meet winning with 5 of 19 for a $2.61 ROI. There is lots to like about this guy as he stretches out to the challenging 1 1/8-miles distance for the first time. Hopefully, he handles like I expect him to. Play: #3 Centrodelantero (4-1 ML) Race 9: I will stay on Team Mullins in the finale where the veteran California conditioner sends out lightly-raced #6 Winika against a group that for the most part has had far too many chances to get excited about. The Outwork filly debuted last March over the Tampa Bay Downs dirt, but was on the sidelines until returning at Del Mar in late November. She put in a solid run from off the pace that day, but the winner got too much of a jump on her. She retains Hector Berrios and should be a tough customer with a repeat of her turf debut this fall. Play: #6 Winika (7-2 ML)