Riding Along the Florida Coast

Another wonderful horse racing weekend comes to a close as we look at beautiful Gulfstream in the sunshine state.

Gulfstream {Mac Diarmida Stakes~G2~1 3/8 mile~Turf~4 year old Up}
This sets up to be a highly contentious race with a number in here ready to strike for victory.  The spectacular Presious Passion (Trujillo / Hartmann) will make a fast break from the gate and attempt to wire the field.  Since there are a couple more with front running speed in here, he risks going out flaming fast and trying to hold on.  Expansion (Leparoux / Brown) is a closer that will attempt to catch Presious Passion.  He is a consistent sort that has run a top last out speed number and four splendid workouts.  Winchester (A. Garcia / Clement) will also try to get up near the end.  Next to Presious Passion, he has the top speed number at this distance.  Winchester has also fired off four stout workouts so he will be gunning for the leaders.  The unknown quantity in this race will be Feels All Right(IRE) (Nakatani / P. Biancone) who is coming off a long layoff and will be racing for the first time in the states.  He is a speedster that can be rated and has put together a strong peaking workout tab for this race.  This guy will have first time Lasix.  Another that will be running from the front end will be Sr. Henry (Desormeaux / McPeek).  He has worked forwardly for this race and appears to like the Gulfstream track.  Let's play Gulfstream.

$2 SHOW:  #8 Expansion
$2 SHOW:  #2 Winchester
10 CENT Superfecta:  #8 Expansion / #2 Winchester / #4 Presious Passion / #7 Feels All Right(IRE), #1 Sr. Henry.

















Saturday's Results
Gulfstream R8.  Our first pick, Amen Hallelujah, won (1st) for show money of $3.20. Our second pick, Mambo Fever finished 3rd for show money of $5.20.  Superfecta went 1-3-7-4.
Sunland R10.  Our first pick, Tango Tango, finished 6th.  Our second pick, Storming Saint, finished 1st after a DQ of #9 (Raise the Bridle), for show money of $3.20.  Superfecta went 5-9-3-2.
Santa Anita R8.  The entire card was cancelled as Santa Anita was washed out.
Bankroll now sits at $18.10.