Strong case for My Sweet Dove
My Sweet Dove will have a trio of key variables working in her favor on Wednesday when she runs in the featured ninth race at Gulfstream Park West. The $50,000 optional claimer is for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs, and the field of nine includes My Novena, who defeated tougher company in her most recent start, and the promising comebacker You Lie.
My Sweet Dove returns to the straight 3-year-old ranks on Wednesday after having faced older. She also has more natural speed than most of her rivals, and is the most accomplished member of the field, having won a stakes.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 9 My Sweet Dove. Trainer Monte Thomas is 185-27-23-25 with a $3.00 ROI over the past three years in dirt sprints. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
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KEY CONTENDERS
My Sweet Dove (Last 3 Beyers: 74-71-85)
◗ She has faced older rivals in her last three starts and has been competitive, finishing fourth in a $50,000 optional claimer at Gulfstream Park West in her most recent start Oct. 8. She was 12-1.
◗ My Sweet Dove set the pace to the late stages in her last start, and while she could show the way Wednesday, she might also get a tracking trip behind the comebacking Bossy Gal. Those two appear to be the quickest in the field.
◗ My Sweet Dove has what might prove to be the better post than her pace rival, as she will break outside of Bossy Gal in post 9.
◗ Leandro Goncalves has the mount for trainer Monte Thomas.
◗ My Sweet Dove became a stakes winner last December when she captured the $83,000 Sandpiper, a six-furlong race at Tampa.
My Novena (Last 3 Beyers: 80-44-23)
◗ She owns the field’s best last-race Beyer, earned for her stalking win in a $75,000 optional-claiming race at Gulfstream Park West on Oct. 16.
◗ My Novena has a strong record over the local main track, with a win and two seconds in four starts at Gulfstream Park West.
◗ She is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner Holywell, who has earned $400,225, and to Sinister Brew, a stakes winner of $159,189.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 5 My Novena. Trainer Jose Pinchin is 20-1-2-2 with a $0.28 ROI over the past two years in sprints with last-out winners. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
Epic Story (Last 3 Beyers: 71-78-70)
◗ She is the winningest member of the field with four career victories.
◗ Epic Story was stakes-placed in January at this six-furlong distance.
◗ She has speed, and might need to call on it to hold her position from the rail.
Sunset Silhouette (Last 3 Beyers: 64-47-66)
◗ She comes off a third-place finish in a $16,000 optional claimer that has produced a next-out winner. The runner-up, Silver Sashay, returned in her next start to take a $25,000 optional claimer at Gulfstream Park West, with a Beyer Figure of 85.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 1 Epic Story. Trainer Anthony Pecoraro is 74-22-13-8 with a $2.50 ROI over the past year in dirt sprints. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 7 You Lie. Trainer Tom Albertrani is 26-4-3-0 with a $4.02 ROI over the past five years after a trainer switch and following a layoff of 180 days or more. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 8 Money Game. Trainer Todd Pletcher is 33-14-6-6 with a $2.18 ROI over the past five years in dirt sprints in Florida in the second start following a layoff. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan