Pickings seem slim to start the card with a couple short fields comprising the traditional daily double and a completely inscrutable maiden claimer as race 4. However, a couple horses later on the card pique my interest and appear quite useful, not only for in-race wagering but also for your various multi-race wagers.
Depending on how you’re going, there are a lot of opportunities to get well or get into trouble on Saturday’s card at Gulfstream. But I’m focusing on the latter portion of the program, specifically the late pick four, because I think the early part of the card has the potential to break chalky.
DRF handicapper Matt Bernier provides his analysis of Saturday's pick five at Santa Anita
MY PAL CHRISY has steady Beyer Speed Figures and might be good enough despite the layoff today. No way we're getting the 15-1 morning-line price quoted on WILDCAT LILY, but she'll offer at least a playable price as an "A" to kick off the sequence. It won't compare to what DREAMLICIOUS will be on the board, but I'll be using her as well, albeit as a "B," as her workouts suggest she's sitting on a much-improved effort. DAME DOROTHY is wide, and the connections could mean she's overbet, but I'll still use her, at least defensively.
A deep, competitive race 7 Saturday at Santa Anita and a filly I consider among the elite who can be your linchpin makes the day’s final pick three (races 7-9) attractive.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, January 17th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
Here's a look at the four stakes at Sam Houston, which begin on race 6, plus the nightcap, a competitive $5,000 claimer that ends the pick five sequence.
If he does run a Beyer Speed Figures in the mid-90s, one of these lightly raced horses is going to have to take the kind of jump Eagle took in Kentucky to beat him in Saturday's Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds.
Let’s couple favorite Eagle in exotics with another horse here I’m taken with – Runhappy - to create some value in the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds.
Mike Welsch's horses to watch at Gulfstream Park for the week of Jan. 14.
