The day started out perfectly when our longshot key at Fair Grounds, Dreamalildreamofu was the runner-up to a 13-to-1 shot to kick of juicy gimmicks if you used her. Then we were not amused to see our other Pick Charlotte Webley get pushed right to the front and open up daylight in her debut at Aqueduct because we thought she needs to settle and come off the pace. Whatever. She threw it in at the eight pole.

There are no major 3-year-old races this weekend, but we’ll still try to nudge a touch of value out of three stakes races, one on each coast, one in the heart of the country.

Buena Vista

RACE 4: EMPIRITA (#4)

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Coronation Futurity runner-up Malibu Mambo has been named the 4-1 winterbook favorite for the $1 million Queen’s Plate, which will be run over 1 1/4 miles on Woodbine’s Tapeta on June 27.

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MOTION EMOTION
Trainer: Richard Baltas 
Last race: Feb. 17, 6th
Finish: 4th by 10 3/4 
Beyer: 74
The winner of the Zia Park Oaks has done her best work on the front end, so her cause was hardly served when she did not get the break in the Grade 3 Bayakoa. She came out of the gate last of all in a departure from her typical form as she tends to break sharply.

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CHARLATAN

GIANT TRICK

Trainer: Kathy Guciardo

Last race: Feb. 14, 2nd

Finish: 3rd by 4 1/2

Beyer: 53

Won the battle but lost the war, as he finished in front of his two pace rivals but could not stave off the two closers who made up the exacta; dangerous if able to shake loose next time against similar.

KAKISTOCRACY

Trainer: Carla Gaines

Last race: Feb. 15, 7th

Finish: 4^th by 2 3/4

Beyer: 78

Willing to forgive beaten favorite in Cal-bred turf mile. Keen early, lost ground wide into lane, finished okay. Maiden winner last time out, lightly raced, contender vs. similar.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The $1 million Rainbow 6 carryover might be gone but the sequence that produced that winning ticket on Monday also led to a carryover in excess of $200,000 in the late pick five over the final five races Thursday at Gulfstream Park.

The pick five sequence consists of three turf races and two on the dirt, including the afternoon’s feature race, a modest six-furlong optional-claiming dash at six furlongs, which drew a field of eight.

Here is a look at Thursday’s pick five: