Weekend Winners Club

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Recap of the Gulfstream Feb.29 stakes racing with winners, their Grid relevance, notes, and quotes from precap.  To sum it up, we had one 18-1 top LP winner, a listed long shot special winner at 11-1, an 11-1 top EP winner, a 2-1 long shot special winner that was 8-1 morning line, and 10 long shot specials that hit the board in the 10 stakes races.  Oh, and a $2500 early pick 4. Don’t believe me? Look at the Precap article here that includes the Grid.

Gulfstream Park Sat.Feb.29: Fountain of Youth G2 and 8 more Graded Stakes; Grid PP

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R3 12:28ET 6f D HutchesonL100k 3 YO 

Winner:  With Verve 18-1 S0  Top LP. 

Top LP at 6f where there wasn’t an excessive amount of speed on paper, but top LP anyway.

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R4 12:57ET 8.5f T PalmBch-G3 3 YO 

Winner:  Vitalogy 2-1 S0  Top LP, Top Stamina, Top Power

Long shot special Sassy But Smart got 4^th at 19-1.

“Vitalogy has the best LP and Power rankings and it’s hard to believe that his 9-2 ML will hold up and probably won’t go at more than 3-1…Sassy but Smart 15-1 got his maiden win in his 3rd try and first route last out as his speed held up well at a mile.”

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R5 1:27ET 8f T HoneyFox-G3 4 UP FM

Winner: Getmotherarose 11-1  P6,  2^nd in LP, 3^rd Stamina

“There’s a bunch of 5 that are close in LP after that, including Getmotherarose, who closed well and finished only 2 lengths behind Atomic Blonde 9-2 ML in their last stakes race, and yet she’s listed at 15-1.”  – That bunch also included 4^th place finisher La Feve at 8-1.

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R7 2:27ET 9.5f T VeryOne-G3 4 UP FM

Winner:  Elizabeth Way 14-1 S0.  No significant rankings with only 1 American race.

Long shot specials Romantic Pursuit 8-1 (6-1 ML) and Touriga 4-1 (ML 8-1) finished 2^nd and 4^th.

“Romantic Pursuit, at 6-1 ML an EP6 with 2nd LP… if Touriga 8-1 runs 2 races back, she’ll win easily.”

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R9 3:28ET 8.5f T Hcmbride-G3 3 YO F

Winner: Cheermeister 11-1 E8.  Top EP, 2^nd Speed, 5^th of 12 in Power. Unmentioned in Precap.

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R10 3:59ET 8f D DvonaDal-G2 3 YO F

Winner:  Tonalist’s Shape 2-1  P7.  Top Power, 2^nd Stamina, 3^rd LP, 3^rd Speed, 3^rd EP.

Long shot special Dream Marie finished 3^rd at 28-1.

“Tonalist’s Shape looked equally impressive in her stakes mile win, but won’t have a good price either.”

“My eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw Dream Marie listed at 15-1.  She has 3 wins in a row after switching to dirt”

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R11 4:30ET 8f T CanTuf-G3 4 UP 

Winner:  Sombeyay EP8 7-2.  Top EP, Top Speed, 4^th Power, 5^th of 12 in Stamina

Long shot special English Bee finished 2^nd at 10-1.

“Lots of options in this 12 horse field and seemingly enough speed for late runners to prosper, but it will be tough to beat Sombeyay…Caribou Club at 6-1 is tied for 2nd in LP with English Bee 15-1, and there are a slew not far behind in LP points (including Hay Dakota who finished 3^rd at 5-1, and Louder Than Bombs, 4^th at 49-1).”

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R12 5:01ET 8f D GPMile-G2 4 UP 

Winner:  Mr. Freeze 5-2 E8.  Top Power, 2^nd Speed, 2^nd EP, 4^th of 11 in Stamina and LP.

Long shot specials Hog Creek Hustle and True Timber hit 3^rd and 4^th at 11-1 and 17-1.

“Just 1 point behind are Haikal, an S2 at 10-1 and Hog Creek Hustle at 12-1.  True Timber at 15-1 has a good set of PF’s at this distance.”

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R13 5:32ET 11f T MDiarmd-G2 4 UP 

Winner:  Zulu Alpha 1-1 P0.  Top LP, Power, Stamina, and Speed.

Long shot special Channel Maker got 4^th at 8-1.  

“Channel Maker 8-1 and A Thread of Blue 9-2 could hold on…”

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R14 6:04ET 8.5f D FntnOYth-G2 3 YO 

Winner:  Ete Indien 2-1 EP5.  Top 3 or 4 across the board in all Grid categories, best PF at distance.

“4th choice Ete Indien (8-1 ML) has the numbers to compete with any of them.

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So as you can see there were plenty of Grid long shot specials winning and hitting the board, not just the obvious favorites and winners.  Next time, don’t get left out of the run and winnings.  Get the Grid here!

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