GULFSTREAM
SPOT PLAYS
Race 12 – Pegasus World Cup Turf
#3 Mi
Hermano Ramon
In
career-best form and has emerged as one of the west’s top turf horses. He won
Del Mar’s G2 Seabiscuit Handicap and came within a half a length of holding off
Johannes last time out when second in the G2 San Gabriel at Santa Anita.
Johannes has been nearly unbeatable for the last year and was exiting a close
second-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Mile in his last race. If Johannes
were entered in this race, he would be the favorite. Mi Hermano Ramon finished
three-quarters of a length behind Johannes, and he’s listed at bargain 8-1 odds
on the morning line.
Race 13 –
Pegasus World Cup
#4 White Abarrio
Plus
exacta box with #2 Saudi Crown
#4 White
Abarrio has been making his way back into best form lately for Gulfstream’s
leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. following a tough first half of 2024 when in
the care of a different barn. He suffered a brutal trip when losing Gulfstream’s
G3 Mr. Prospector Stakes at 7F but is now prepped and ready for this return to
1 1/8 miles with a record of 6 wins and a place in 8 prior lifetime outings at
Gulfstream Park. Gulfstream’s dirt races at this distance have been notorious
for a decade of favoring the inside posts and White Abarrio is well-drawn in
post 4.
Play in
exacta box with #2 Saudi Crown, who shows plenty of high speed figures up and
down his past performances the last two years. Saudi Crown is fast, and he
could loom the controlling speed in this race from his inside draw which makes
him an extraordinarily dangerous threat to go wire-to-wire.
SATURDAY, JANUARY
25
GULFSTREAM
RACE 1
6 Bulldoze 4-1
4 Kunan 7-2
2 Ranger Battalion 6-1
RACE 2
5 Disruptor 7-5
7 Bob Mo 5-2
6 Jimmy’s Daily’s 7-2
RACE 3
9 Saratoga Flash 6-1
6 Full Nelson 9-2
10 Skyro 5-1
RACE 4
5 Sand and Sea 7-2
7 Dana’s Beauty 3-1
10 De Regreso 8-1
RACE 5
9 Nobals 7-2 Best Bet
12 Coppola 3-1
3 Mucho del Oro 8-1
RACE 6
11 Jerry the
Nipper 5-1
6 Exact Estimate 8-1
8 Portfolio
Company 6-1
RACE 7
5 Beautiful Love 5-2
4 La Mehana 9-2
10 Forever After
All 5-1
RACE 8
3 Rocket Can 5-2
5 Tumbarumba 2-1
7 Upstanding 5-1
RACE 9
1 Limited
Liability 3-1
11 Bold Act 2-1
8 Yamato 15-1
RACE 10 – Pegasus
Filly & Mare Turf
10 Sacred Wish 9-2
1 Raqiya 4-1
11 Bless My Stars 8-1
12 See You Around 20-1
RACE 11
9 Emery 3-1
2 Nic’s Style 5-1
4 Haulin Ice 15-1
RACE 12 – Pegasus
World Cup Turf
3 Mi Hermano Ramon 8-1
7 Nations Pride 2-1
4 Win for the
Money 12-1
RACE 13 - Pegasus
World Cup
4 White Abarrio 3-1
2 Saudi Crown 9-2
11 Locked 5-2
6 Stronghold 10-1
