Weekend Winners Club

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Saturday, February 6.  Tampa Bay Downs is getting its stakes racing underway with 3 graded stakes races including the Tampa Bay, Sam Davis, and Endeavor.  The listed Suncoast Stakes for 3yo fillies and Sam Davis G3 top off a big 3yo day with several maiden races on the undercard.

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The featured Sam Davis G3 for open 3yo’s is scheduled for 5pm and features 12 talented youngsters trying to blaze their Triple Crown trail going 8.5f on the dirt.  This race looks very competitive and could be wide open.  Get today’s free Tampa grid here to follow along.

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Candy Man Rocket at 10-1 ML which will certainly go down, is my top pick after a blistering 9 length win breaking his maiden last out at Gulfstream for Bill Mott, who also brings Nova Rags who is the second ML choice at 4-1. 

Known Agenda at 6-1 is my second pick, making his first 3yo start after a 3^rd place in the sloppy Remsen G2 a couple months ago. His price will likely come down. Todd also has a pair, with Millean coming off a win in his first dirt race.

Smiley Sobotka 3-1 is hard to argue against as the favorite after a 2^nd in the Kentucky Jockey Club G2 in November.  He’s also making his first 3yo start.

My next choice is Hidden Stash 10-1 ML, who has rattled off 2 straight wins at this distance for Victor Oliver.  Runway Magic at 8-1 looks good going into his first route race.

Prediction:  9 3 1 5 8 6 7 LSS 9 1 6

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Working backwards, the Endeavour G3 on turf will be run on turf at 8.5f for older fillies and mares.  This race is also somewhat wide open, but will only have 7 entries so odds will likely suffer.

Prediction:  2 5 8 7 6        LSS 8

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Race 9 is the filly equivalent of the Sam Davis, the Suncoast Stakes at 8.18 for 3yof.  This one also has a lot of possibilities. Indeed the favorite is my top choice, Gulf Coast at 5-2.

My second choice Feeling Mischief at 9-2looking good going into her first route after a stakes win, and 3^rd choice is the 2^nd ML choice Honorifique at 7-2 coming off a close 2^nd place stakes finish.  Long shots Be Sneaky 12-1 and Special Princess 8-1 could make some noise.

Prediction:  7 2 5, 4 8 10                 LSS 8 10

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Race 8 is the Tampa Bay Stakes for older horses going 8.5f on the turf.  Once again, a lot of possibilities here and a good betting race.  Favorites Fancy Liquor and Greyes Creek have good merit but so do many others.  12 to choose from here and half of them simply can’t be ruled out.

Prediction:  12 2 10 5 6 4 8             LSS 4 5 6 8

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That’s it for the stakes racing. Several MSW’s on the undercard feature possible rising stars coached by the likes of Pletcher, Mott, McPeek, Clement, and Proctor.  They will certainly provide some good entertainment and insight into the 3yo picture being formulated this year.

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Good luck to all!

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