Welsch: Horses to watch at Gulfstream Park

Killer Partner
Trainer: Mike Maker
Last race: Jan. 10, 11th
Finished: 2nd by 2
Beyer: 65
Turned in a promising career debut on turf; found herself in tough position between horses on the turn before finishing with good energy while on her left lead down the stretch.

Bureau de Change
Trainer: Brian Lynch
Last race: Jan. 10, 9th
Finished: 3rd by 6 1/4
Beyer: 82
Took some late money against a couple of logical favorites only to lose her best chance after getting jammed up after the break, ultimately running a respectable third despite racing 21 feet farther than the wire-to-wire winner while making first start on dirt.

Weekend Express
Trainer: Tim Hills
Last race: Jan. 8th, 10th
Finished: 2nd by neck
Beyer: 66
Showed marked improvement when switching to grass and stretching out around two turns; should have earned her diploma, falling just short despite losing considerable ground rallying into the stretch and drifting late while finishing on his wrong lead.

Cliffs of Dover
Trainer: Thomas Bush
Last race: Jan. 3rd, 5th
Finished: 2nd by 2 1/4
Beyer: 70
Moved forward at second asking while getting on firm turf, steadied a couple of times to drop near the rear of the pack early before finishing best of all, galloped out with interest, looks ready to graduate.