McGee: How I'll play Gulfstream for Saturday, Feb. 24

John Kimmel said he thought Bourbon Currency not only ran well from the difficult one-hole in his last start, but the colt has thrived in the 10 weeks since. Well-drawn in post 7 in a field of 8 in the Texas Glitter on Saturday, Bourbon Currency should have every opportunity to show he’s good enough in a field such as this when getting Irad Ortiz Jr. at a decent price (7-2 morning line) off the brief layoff. I’ll use him as my race-6 single in starting off a middle pick-4 (races 6-9) that unfolds this way:

Race 7: Lil’s Fast Boy (2) has been regrouped since being claimed by Victor Barboza, who is hitting an eye-catching 44 percent with first-time claims. He seems a legitimate threat to the two logical plays, Mitos Y Leyendas (5) and Starship Apollo (10) in this open bottom-level sprint.

Race 8: This bottom-level maiden-claimer for 3-year-old fillies could fall any number of ways, so I’ll try to stay alive by using six of the 14 scheduled starters: Beautiful Chaos (2), Reba’s Right (5), Somewhatoptimistic (7), Trump That (12), Second Illusion (13), and Written (14).

Race 9: Logical plays drawn toward the inside in this open $16 turf route should be enough to close this out, those being Megeve (2), Ousby (3), Spin Cycle (4), and Beyond Smart (6).

Here’s the straight-A play:
R6: 7
R7: 2, 5, 10
R8: 2, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14
R9: 2, 3, 4, 6
50-cent ticket = $36