Friday Horse Pick – Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park is starting to take its rightful place as the number one, or at least number two, meet of the winter and spring. Sports betting fans should always turn their eyes towards Florida during the winter and spring where a number of terrific horses are kept.
Gulfstream Park usually provides not only some of the best dirt racing in the nation but some of the best turf racing in the nation as well. Successful online racebook fans have to be able to handicap both for the dirt and the turf.
Let’s get to the pick of the day!
Gulfstream Park – – Race 7
Allowance $42,000 n$y
For Three Year Olds
1 1/16th miles on turf
Rescue Squad – – 3/1 online betting odds
Rescue Squad broke his maiden at first asking for Shug McGhaughey. It’s an important thing for BetUS online racebook fans to remember because McGhaughey doesn’t usually saddle them to victory first time out. Now, this son of Dynaformer keeps jockey Edgar Prado and will go into this allowance with the best last race speed rating of the bunch. There are no excuses for Rescue Squad in this race. He should win going away.
Smart Shot – – 5/1 online betting odds
The negative is that Smart Shot didn’t follow up his maiden score with a victory in his second race, a $56,000 stakes. But it’s a small negative because Smart Shot does get Julien Leparoux, a terrific turf rider, to jump on his back and his trainer, Michael Trombetta, is very good with turf horses. The biggest reason to like Smart Shot is that he has already broken his maiden and finished second in that stakes race going two turns. Oh, yes, he’s also out of Smart Strike, perhaps the best sire in the United States right now.
Swinging Bernie – – 4/1 online betting odds
The Todd Pletcher trained Swinging Bernie might get the lead and just keep going in this race because there isn’t a whole lot of other speed. But Swinging Bernie can close a bit too which means that jockey Eibar Coa can put Swinging Bernie wherever he wants him to be at any time in this race. Bernie broke his maiden in his second lifetime start. That’s another plus.
Wagering Strategy
I love Rescue Squad to win and place at online betting odds of 5/2 or higher. An exacta and trifecta box with Rescue Squad, Swinging Bernie and Smart Shot should pay nicely.
Good Luck!
