HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Theoretically, Friday’s $86,000 allowance feature for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park is supposed to be a softer spot than the $175,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes carded here the following day. In reality, that might not be the case, with promising youngsters such as Nearly, Confessional, and Mob all signed on to go seven furlongs in Friday’s main event, which could produce a potential starter or two for the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes later this month. Nearly and Confessional were both nominated to the one-mile Mucho Macho Man, only to have their connections opt to follow the seemingly more conservative route and take advantage of their entry-level allowance conditions to run on Friday instead. Nearly launched his career finishing a well-beaten sixth against open maidens on Oct. 26 at Aqueduct, but he improved dramatically when dropping into a restricted Florida-bred dash to graduate by 9 1/4 lengths going six furlongs here four weeks later. He earned an 82 Beyer Speed Figure for that win. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  “He was a little green in his debut but very impressive in his second start,” said Todd Pletcher, who trains Nearly for Centennial Farms. “I really like the way he’s been training since his last race, but he’s still a developing horse, so I figured we’d take a little more progressive approach with him and run in the allowance race rather than jumping right into the stakes.” Confessional outran his 12-1 odds when debuting at Keeneland on Oct. 16, rallying from just off the pace to an impressive three-length victory. Trained by Brad Cox, Confessional completed seven furlongs in 1:23.84 while receiving an 85 Beyer for the performance. Confessional has worked five times since his maiden win, including five furlongs in 1:02.80 at Payson Park on Dec. 27. Irad Ortiz Jr. will ride the son of Essential Quality for the first time Friday. Mob also won his only previous start, leading at every call en route to a 1 1/2-length maiden special weight victory going 6 1/2 furlongs on Nov. 23 at Churchill Downs. His final clocking of 1:17.34 was good for a Beyer of 80. Mob is trained by the red-hot Brian Lynch, who sent out 10 winners from 23 starters during the opening month of the Gulfstream Park Championship meet. Mob projects to contest the early pace in Friday’s main event with Blame Yasself, another who enters the race having won his only previous outing. He graduated at first asking here in gate-to-wire fashion going seven furlongs Nov. 15 for trainer Victor Barboza Jr. Vost is perhaps the biggest question mark in the lineup. He was graded stakes-placed at 2 but has been idle since being pulled up and walked off after showing brief speed in the Grade 3 Street Sense Stakes on Oct. 26. Vost finished third, five lengths behind Spice Runner, in the Grade 3 Iroquois going a mile on Sept. 13 at Churchill Downs. Timeless Victory is the only two-time winner in the lineup, having won a maiden race at first asking during the summer and a similarly conditioned allowance/optional claimer when in for the $75,000 tag in his 2-year-old finale on Dec. 6. He won going one mile by a hard-fought neck. Last-out maiden winner Into the Beast and Prost complete the field. :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Ted Noffey to Fountain of Youth While Nearly is still trying to earn his way into one of the key Kentucky Derby preps, Pletcher has already mapped out plans for some of his top 3-year-olds, including Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and soon-to-be-crowned 2-year-old champion Ted Noffey. “Ted Noffey has been galloping on a regular basis at Palm Beach Downs and will probably have his first work back in two weeks,” Pletcher said. “Right now, we’re pointing him for the [Grade 2] Fountain of Youth” on Feb. 28. Pletcher also advised that Renegade and Courting, who finished second and fourth, respectively, in the Grade 2 Remsen, would go their separate ways in their 3-year-old debuts. Renegade will start next in the Holy Bull, while Courting will head to Fair Grounds for the Grade 2 Risen Star on Feb. 14. Pletcher also added the name of Class President to his list of potential 3-year-old stakes prospects here this season after the son of Uncle Mo made his career bow a winning one, rallying to an easy 3 1/4-length victory going a mile here Saturday. “He trained really well all along, and his workmate [Jackson Hole] had already won first time out,” Pletcher said. “We were optimistic coming into the race, but there were a couple of nice-looking horses in the field, and it’s always a question when they are trying to go a mile in their first start.” ◗ Gulfstream Park officials  announced Wednesday that racing will continue to be conducted here on a four-day-a-week basis, Thursday through Sunday, for the remainder of the Championship meet. Originally, racing was to shift from a four- to five-day-a-week schedule, Wednesday through Sundays, through the end of the current session on March 29. “Gulfstream Park, along with the horsemen, decided a four-day week would strengthen the quality of racing along with field size,” said Stephen Screnci, president of 1/ST Racing, in response to why the racing schedule had been altered mid-meet. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.