BAUER'S BETS: IMPORTANT UPDATE

Our choice in Race 4 (9) BLACK PRONG was scratched at 9:48 AM as was (7) UPPER CROWN. 

THE REVISED BET: $10 to win on (8) GAME LAD. Last season's champion trainer Gerald Bennett gives a leg up to top jock Antonio Gallardo. This five-year-old likes the Tampa lawn and was claimed by Bennett out his last race and would be no surprise here. Also play a $2 exacta box with (1) COMPLETELY BONKERS and (2) OUSBY. 1,2,8. TOTAL BET: $22  GOOD LUCK!

BAUER'S BETS: Fast & Firm at Tampa

Tampa Bay Downs ten race card kicks off at 12:40 PM. Partly sunny in the low 70's is the forecast.

Today's bet of the day is in Race 4, Post time is scheduled for 2:09 PM. A field of ten $16,000 Claimers will travel eight and one half furlongs on the grass. A case could be made for several contenders.

 (9) BLACK PRONG has a few things going for him today. He has won on the Tampa Turf before and he ships back here after an impressive win on the Gulfstream West sod under Sammy Camacho, back on October 27th. The four-year-old earned a huge speed figure for that effort and Camacho returns today. A repeat of their last race can put them back in the winners circle this afternoon.

THE BET: $10 to win on (9) BLACK PRONG and a $2 exacta box with (8) GAME LAD and (2) OUSBY 2,8,9. Total Bet: $22

PREVIOUS RESULTS-So far, so good. Have had two winners in as many days. Total bets were $44, we got back $75.80, a profit of $31.80
GOOD LUCK TODAY!!

Handicapper Bauer off to Winning Start

HorseracingFLA handicapper Bob Bauer is off to a winning start in our "race of the day" feature at Tampa Bay Downs.

Through two race days, he has recommended $44 in bets--which produced a total  payoff of $75.80.  That is an  81.4 percent return on investment.

On Saturday Nov. 24 in the ninth race, Bauer suggested a $10 win bet on Rosebud's Hope.  That horse won at 4-1 odds, and returned $51.00 on Bauer's bet.  He also recommended an exacta box, investing $12, that  did not pan out.

On Wednesday, Bauer suggested a $10 win bet on Russian Roulette in the third race. As the 3-5 favorite, she won and paid  $19.00 on the $10  bet.  

Bauer, HorseracingFLA's Tampa Bay editor also had Russian Roulette in a three-horse $2 exacta box. It came through  with two low-odds horses and paid $5.80.

Bauer will post his race of the day on each racing morning at Tampa Bay Downs.

Bauer's Bets: Fast & Firm at Tampa

Should be a good racing day in Oldsmar with clear and cool weather. First post is 12:25 PM for the nine race card.

My Best Bet is in Race 3, a 6 Furlong, $16,000 Maiden Claimer. (3) RUSSIAN ROULETTE should graduate today if she runs back to her debut at Gulfstream, where she lost by only a nose. Red-hot Sammy Camacho rode her that day and returns today. Camacho won a pair of races on opening day, last Saturday.

THE BET: Play RUSSIAN ROULETTE (3) to win and an exacta box with VALLEY GIRL (2) and PHYLLIS DRILLER (6). 2,3,6.
GOOD LUCK!!

GP West Rainbow 6 Pays $1,464.

The payoff on the Rainbow 6 at the Gulfstream Park West meet was $1,464.30 on Sunday, the closing day of the meet that was held at Calder in Miami Gardens.

The attraction of a mandatory payout drew $637,163 of new bets into the Rainbow 6. The carryover coming in was $123,189.

There were 403 tickets with the winning horses on the 20-cent per combination only bet, according to calculations by HorseracingFLA.

Post position numbers of the winning horses were 8-4-5-4-4-9.  Four winners were favorites and the other two winners had odds of 5-2 and 7-1.

The betting pool was the highest in the Rainbow 6 at the 40-day GP West meet, and far surpased last year's final day at G.P. West.


Meet sponsor Gulfstream Park had a mandatory payout of the full coming-in carryover plus 80 percent of the day's new Rainbow 6 bets.

A Florida law prohibits pari-mutuels from extending a carryover into a succeeding meet.  Gulfstream on Saturday Dec.1 will open its 2018-2019 championship meet at its track in Hallandale Beach.

On non-mandatory days, Gulfstream pays out the Rainbow 6 jackpot only if there is just one ticket with six winners.

When there are no such tickets on non-mandatory days Gulfstream takes out 20 percent of the day's Rainbow 6 bets, divides 56 percent among multiple tickets with the most winners (usually  six) and adds 24  percent to the carryover.
--Jim Freer and Barry Unterbrink

GP West Rainbow 6 Coming Up with Mandatory Payout

The fifth race, with scheduled post of 2:30 p.m. is coming up at the Gulfstream Park West mett's closing day.

It will be the start if tne Rainbow 6, with a guaranteed payout no matter how many  tickets have allsix winners
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GP West Has $123,819 Rainbow 6 Carryover on Mandatory Payout Sunday

The Gulfstream Park Rainbow 6 will have a carryover of $123,819 on Sunday - the closing day  of its meet run at Calder in Miami Gardens.


Meet sponsor Gulfstream Park will have mandatory payouts on the Rainbow 6, the Late Pick 5 and on the tenth and last race's Super Hi-5.

First post is 12:30 p.m. for a ten-race card. The Rainbow 6, a 20-cent per combination only bet, is on races five through ten with the sequence scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.

Gulfstream on Dec. 1 will open its 2018-2019 championship meet at its track in Hallandale Beach.

A Florida law prohibits a pari-mutuel from extending a carryover into a next race meet.

HorseracingFLA's review of Rainbow 6 data indicates that $500,000 or more could be added to the pool on Sunday, as bettors chase the Rainbow 6 jackpot.


The jackpot  consists of the full carryover plus 80 percent of the day's new Rainbow 6  bet.

On Sunday, Gulfstream will payout the jackpot no matter the number of tickets with all six winning horses.

On most days, it pays out the jackpot only if there is just one ticket with all six winners.

If there are multiple winning tickets on such days, Gulfstream takes out 20 percent, divides 56 percent among tickets with the most winners and adds 24 percent to the carryover.

BAUER'S BETS: Live Racing Returns to Tampa

Today kicks off Tampa Bay Downs fall/winter season. The first post time for the ten race program is 12:25 PM.

It promises to be a good racing day, in the 70's and partly cloudy. Both tracks should be in top condition.

The bet of the day comes in Race 9, a $22,500 NW1X Allowance for fillies and mares. A contentious field of ten provides many possibilities.

There is alot to like in (5) ROSEBUDS HOPE from the Michael Stidham outfit. She is 2 for 2 at today's conditions, a mile on the lawn and turned in a bullet work on Nov. 10 of 48.1 breezing 4 furlongs. This sophomore filly boasts a trio of wins over the sod, while most of the rest have but one. She is a square price at 5-1 on the morning line.

THE BET- Will play (5) ROSEBUDS HOPE to win. Also, an exacta box with (1) STAY ANCHORED and (10) SCANDALEUX. 1,5,10.

GOOD LUCK!!

Fast and Firm at G.P. West Today

The main track is fast and the turf for Fridays 9 race card at Gulfstream Park West.

First post is 12:30 PM.

The weather channel forecast is for scattered rain of 15% to 25% during racing hours.

The Rainbow 6 carryover, now in its 9th day, is at  $91,336. This bet begins on the fourth race, with a scheduled post of 2:02 PM.

Sunday is closing day for the GP West meet, which is run at Calder. There will be mandatory payouts on the Rainbow 6, the Late pick 5, and the Super High 5 on the last race.

Tampa Bay Downs to Open Saturday with Ten Races

Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday will host the opening day for its 2018-2019 race meet.

First post is 12:25 p.m. for a ten-race card.

The Oldsmar, Fla., track will then be dark until Wednesday  Nov. 28.  That day, it will begin its regular schedule of four race  days --Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That schedule will run through May 5.

Tampa Bay Downs's first stakes races will be on Dec. 1, The $100,000 Turf Dash is five furlongs on turf for 3-year-olds and up. The $100,000 Lightning City is five furlongs on turf for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up.

The meet will have 28 stakes races with a Tampa Bay Downs record $3.74 million in total purses.

The highlight will be  the  annual  Festival Day on March 9,  The  card will have five stakes races  with total purses of $1 million.

Festival Day's  feature will be the $400,000 Tampa Bay  Derby (Grade 2) at 1 1/16 miles on dirt for  3-year-olds.  It is prep race for the Kentucky Derby that will be run May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

GP West Has Eight Race Thanksgiving Day Card

Gulfstream Park West enters the ‘stretch run’ this Thursday – Thanksgiving Day – as it plans an 8-race card with first post time of 12:05 PM. This Fall meet will end on Sunday, Nov. 25th. Races 1,3,5,8 will be on the turf, with all races listed as either claiming, allowance optional claiming, or maiden special weight.

Race 8 is the sole 2 year-old jaunt, with a $60,000 purse on the turf. This is no doubt the toughest handicap of theday, with 12 entries.
The Rainbow 6 wager starts in race 3 at about 1:05 PM, and the Pick 4 at 1:35 PM.

In Sunday’s action, the last racing day, 101 starters ran 11 races. A big upset in the last race threw most multi race wagers away when Early Deligh won at 25:1 odds. That resulted in nice payouts for the Late Pick 4, $625, and the Late Pick 5, $2,762.

The five Rainbow 6 winners each banked $6,463. The other horses in the Rainbow 6 winners mix were between 1.6 and 3.7 to 1 odds. You never know where the odd-ball win will occur.

Thursday’s carryovers include the Super Hi-5 in race 1 at$1,768, and the Rainbow 6 at $80,888. 

Live racing plans to return to Gulfstream Park in Hallandale December 1st.

G.P. West's Thanksgiving Racing

Gulfstream Park West enters the ‘stretch run’ this Thursday – Thanksgiving Day – as it plans an 8-race card with first post time of 12:05 PM. 

This Fall meet will end on Sunday, Nov. 25th.
Races 1,3,5,8 will be on the turf, with all races listed as either claiming, allowance optional claiming, or maiden special weight.

Race 8 is the sole 2 year-old jaunt, with a $60,000 purse on the turf.

This is no doubt the toughest handicap of the day, with 12 entries.

The Rainbow 6 wager starts in race 3 at about 1:05 PM, and the Pick 4 at 1:35 PM.

In Sunday’s action, the last live racing day, 101 starters ran 11 races. A big upset in the last race threw most multi race wagers away when Early Deligh won at 25:1 odds.

That resulted in nice payouts for the Late Pick 4, $625, and the Late Pick 5, $2,762.

The five Rainbow 6 winners each banked $6,463. The other horses in the Rainbow 6 winners mix were between 1.6 and 3.7 to 1 odds.
You never know where the odd-ball win will occur.

Thursday’s carryovers include the Super Hi-5 in race 1 at $1,768, and the Rainbow 6 at $80,888. 

Live racing plans to return to Gulfstream Park across the county in Hallandale December 1st.

G.P. West Preview, Friday's Recap

With just 5 race days left in the Fall Meet after today, Gulfstream Park West will run 10 races Saturday, with the race card commencing near 12:30 PM.

Last post will be 5:06 PM. There is no chance of rain forecast with a high near 80 degrees during racing.

G.P. West will race tomorrow, then end the meet with a four day stretch from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, Nov. 25th.

Friday’s racing action – in it’s 9 race card – saw little fan fare, with 3 favorites entering the winners circle, and the high-odds winner was Day of Reckoning (17:1) by a head in race 4.
Since race 4 was the start of the Rainbow 6 wager, that bet paid a nice $11,156.

The Late Pick 4 and Pick 5 were not affected, so they paid less than normal – at $101.30 and $833.50 respectively. The Super High 5 also paid a tidy $2,433 in race 9 with 10 starters.
The sole carryover for Saturday’s card will be $51,340 on the Rainbow 6. That sequence will be in races 5-10 with a post time of 2:30 PM with race 5.

Good Luck, thanks for reading!

Cover Photo on web site: Mr. Jordan by Leslie Martin

GP West Thursday Preview

There were no tickets with the winners in all six  races in the Rainbow 6 at the Gulfstream Park \West meet on Wednesday.

So GP West made a non-jackpot payoff to tickets with five  winners. Our research shows there were two such tickets.  Each was paid $19,483.80 on the 20-cent only bet.

The Rainbow 6 carryover grew from $23,830 to  $32,180 for Thursday.

First post will be 12:30 p.m. for Thursday's nine-race card. The Rainbow 6 will be on races four to  nine with the  sequence scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.

The Wednesday  Rainbow 6 was on races  five to  ten.

A large number of tickets  were knocked out when 32-1 shot Herecitykitty won the fifth race (first leg).  Odds on the other five winners were 6-1  or  lower.

The winning combination was 8-7-1-8-1-12

GP West Off the Turf for Sunday

Following rain  overnight, the Gulfstream Park West meet has taken all of Sunday's  scheduled -for-turf races off that surface and moved them to the  dirt  track  that  is listed as sloppy.

Those races  are  the first, third. fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth.

First post  is 12:00 p.m.for an 11-race card.

On the first race there is a Super  Hi=5 carryover of  $2,675.  The carryover on the Rainbow 6 is $14,579.  Jt is on races six to eleven,  with the  sequence scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.

Mr. Jordan, Galleon Mast and Lopez Star at GPWest

Mr. Jordan, Galleon Mast and Paco Lopez were standouts on Saturday at  the Gulfstream Park West meet's card that had nine  stakes  races.J



All of the stakes were restricted to Florida-breds and had $75,000 purses.

Lopez rode the winners in five  of  those races, including Mr. Jordan and Galleon Mast.

Mr. Jordan surged in deep stretch to beat Deland by a nose in the Millions Classic Preview at 1 1/16 miles on dirt.

Galleon  Mast rallied down the  stretch  and  beat  Class and Cash by a  nose in the Millions  Turf Preview at 1 1/16 miles  on turf  for 3-year-olds and up. Galleon Mast  is  trained by David Fawkes.

Lopez's wins raised  his total to 33 for the GP West meet which is being run at Calder and will end  on Nov. 25.

Edgard  Zayas rode  two winners on Saturday and is in first place with 38 victories.

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GP West Saturday Stakes Schedule

The first race on Saturday at GP West is the turf at 1 1 /16  miles.

We are among the many looking for a victory  by Galleon Mast (5) the winner  of this race last year. Paco Lopez has the mount for trainer  David Fawkes.

Class and Cash (5) with Nik Juarez riding for  Jane  Cibelli, appears to be the lone early speed.
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GP West Saturday Stakes Schedule

The schedule is below for the nine stakes races this Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Gulfstream Park West meet, at Calder  in Miami  Gardens.

All nine races are restricted to Florida  breds and have  $75,000  purses.

This afternoon, we will have previews and resultrs on this blog.

Gulfstream Park, which conducts  the GP West meet, is  billing today's program as Millions Preview day.  The first four races are similar in distance  and  conditions to races with six-figure purses that will  be run Jan. 19 at Gulfstream on Sunshine Millions  day.

*First -- Turf,  3-YO and up, one  mile, 12:00 p.m.

* Second  -- Sprint, 3-YO and up, 6 furlongs, 12:30 p.m.

* Third   -- Filly and Mare Turf, F&M 3-YO and up, 7 1/2 furlongs 1:00 p.m.

*Fourth   Classic, 3-YO  and up, 1 /16 miles,  1:30 p.m.

*Fifth --  Juvenile Fillies Sprint, 2-YO fillies, 6  1/2 fujrlongs, 2:00 p.m.

*Sixth  -- Juvenile Sprint, 2-YO, 6 1/2 furlongs, 2:30 p.m.

*Eighth  Juvenile  Fillies,  Turf, 2-YO fillies, one mile, 3:36 p.m.

*Ninth Distaff Sprint,  F&M 3-YO and up,  1  mile, 4:06 p.m.

* Tenth --Juvenile Turf, 2-YO, one  mile, 4:36  p.m.  

GP West Friday: Rainbow 6 Carryover at $36,187

The Gulfstream Park West meet has a nine-race card  on Friday, with first post of 12:30 p.m.

The only carryover is  on the Rainbow 6. It is $36,187 on races  four to nine, with the sequence scheduled to start at 2:02 p.m.

There are no stakes races on the card, held at Calder in Miami Gardens.

On Saturday, the  GP West meet will have nine stakes races--all with $75,000 purses  and all restricted to Florida breds.

*On Thursday, there were 72 tickets with the winners of all six Rainbow 6 races.  Each paid $314.72 on the 20-cent only bet.

There  were 48 starters. The winning combination was 1-3-3-5-4-9. Two winners were  favorites .  The others were 4-1 or lower.


The carryover coming in was $26,528. 

Bettors added $40,272 to the Rainbow 6 pool. Of that, Gulfstream took out 20 percent, divided 56 percent among tickets with six winners  and added  24 percent to  the carryover.

The  carryover  is  growing because Thursday was the eighth straight day without  the jackpot payoff requirement of just one ticket  with the winners  of all  six Rainbow  6  races.

The jackpot  consists of 80  percent of the day's  new Rainbow  6  bet plus  80  percent of the carryover.

Fast and Firm at GP West for Wednesday

Gulfstream Park West will resume racing on Wednesday, with an eight-race program and first post of 12:30 p.m.

The dirt track is listed as fast and the turf is listed as firm. The  Weather  Channel forecast is for just a 15 percent chance of rain during racing hours.

The only carryover is $20,774 on the Rainbow 6. It is on races three to eight.  The sequence is set to start  at  2:00 p.m.

The  feature seventh race is an allowance/optional claimer with a $47,000 purse and a $62,500 optional price.  It is six furlongs on dirt for 3-year-olds and up.  

There are  six entrants.Conquest  Big  E and Bella Taoisserie, both  with early speed,  and late-running Take Your  Place are likely  favorites.

Accelerate Wins Breeders' Cup Classic

Accelerate beat South Florida-stabled Gunnevera by a length in Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade 1) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Thunder Snow, Yoshida and Mendelssohn finished third through fifth respectively in the 14-horse field. The race wes 1 1/4 miles on dirt.

 

Accelerate (photo on home page) won in 2:02.93 on the track listed as fast.  Joel  Rosario rode him for trainer John Sadler and owner Hronis Racing.

 

Accelerate was the 7-2 favorite.  He came into the BC Classic with a string of three straight wins in Grade 1 stakes at tracks in California.

 

Gunnevera’s regular training base is Calder (aka Gulfstream Park West) in Miami Gardens, Fla. He is trained by Antonio Sano and owned by Margoth, whose principal Salvador Del Valle is a citizen of Venezuela.

 

Gunnevera’s post-time odds were 30-1, even though his four-race record in 2018 included an allowance race win and a second place and third place finish in Grade 1 stakes.

 

Odds on the third to fifth place finishers were 14-1, 14-1 and 13-1, That led to large payoffs, including $130.80 on the $1 exacta of 14-4 and $563.60 on the 50-cent Late Pick 5 and a whopping $171,748.95 on the 50-cent Super Hi 5. 

The winning order of finish on the race was 14-4-1-10-9.