Gulfstream: Fast and Firm for Saturday

Gulfstream Park has an eleven-race card scheduled for Saturday.

The dirt track and the all-weather Tapeta track are listed as Fast and the Turf course is listed as Firm. 

There are no stakes races on the card. The eighth through tenth are allowance/optional  claiming races.  The ninth has a $50,000 purse, and the other two have $51,000 purses.

The only carryover is on the Rainbow 6--at $31,184. The 20 cents per-combination only bet is on races six to eleven with the sequence scheduled to start at 3:44 p.m.

The carryover is two days-old, through the first two days of Gulfstream's championship meet which is officially known as the Royal  Palm Meet.

BAUER'S FRIDAY BETS: FAST & FIRM at TAMPA

By Bob Bauer

There are nine races on Friday's Tampa card. The first Post time is scheduled for 12:38 PM. Live racing is held every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (except Easter) until May 7.

It appears that the Downs has an abundance of talented turf runners shipping in now. Most are well bred expensive types who have run well on grass last year, coming to Tampa after a hiatus to lay a foundation for upcoming Stakes later this season. Watch the NW1X races on the lawn. 

Horse players should carefully evaluate the results of these races. Many of these horses will be running in top company after a successful prep in Tampa.

The red hot Chad Brown barn is a shining example. This outfit has three wins and a place from four starts this season in Oldsmar. All came on the turf and were after breaks of ninety days or more.
His stock is usually fit and ready and well spotted. Sammy Camacho rode ST. JOE LOUIS (8) to a good place finish in his debut last season and has the return mount. 

RACE 5, today's feature is a $27,000 NW1X Allowance at a mile and one-sixteenth on the green.
Post time is scheduled for 2:41 pm. Live coverage on RadioStPete.com including track announcer Jason Beam starts at 2:38 pm.

THE BET:  $20 to win on ST. JOE LOUIS (8) and a $2 exacta box with FEBRUARY SON (2) and MR. KRINGLE (6).
Exacta Box: 2,6,8
Total Bet $32, GOOD LUCK!

PREVIOUS RESULTS;  1/12/22:  Had the winner, got first and third in the exacta. Collected $30 on the $42 total bet, a loss of $12. The bankroll is now $1,125.40.

Gulfstream Stakes Racing to Resume on Saturday with Gold Mover

By HorseracingFLA Staff

Hallandale Beach, FL - Gulfstream Park has released a tentative horse racing stakes schedule for the next four weekends, starting with the $75,000 Gold Mover this Saturday Aug. 22.

The Gold Mover is for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at six furlongs on the dirt track. Entries will be drawn late on Wednesday afternoon, and it is likely that there will be at least the minimum of six horses that Gulfstream generally needs to fill a stakes race.

Gulfstream's Condition Book for Aug. 20 through Sept. 13 also shows at least one stakes race for each of the other three Saturdays during the period. It also shows one stakes for Sunday Sept. 6 and one for Monday Sept. 7, Labor Day.

Eight stakes are listed on Aug. 29, including the four second leg races in the Florida Sire Stakes Series.

Whether or not any weekend's non-Sire stakes races are  run is dependent on the number of entries.

The upcoming stakes races have purses of $75,000 except for the four Florida Sire Stakes races  on Sept, 5. The Sire Stakes has three races in each division, and will conclude on Oct.3. It is open to sons and daughters of Florida-based stallions whose owners have nominated them (stallions) for the program.

Here is the tentative schedule:

Saturday Aug.  29

* Plum Country, 1 1/16 miles dirt, fillies and mares, 3-YO and up
* Social Pro - 6 furlongs dirt, 3-YO and up.

Saturday Sept. 5
*Bayou's Lassie - one mile turf, 3-YO fillies bred in Florida
* Hear No Evil - one mile turf, 3-YOs bred in Florida
*Wasted Tears - 1 1/16 miles turf, F&M  3-YO And up
*Vid - 1 1/16 miles turf, males 3-YO and up
* Florida Sire Stakes - $150,000 Jewell Princess, 3-YO fillies, one mile turf
* Florida Sire Stakes - $150,000 Prized, 3-YO males,  one mile turf
* Florida Sire Stakes - $300,000 Susan's Girl, 3-YO fillies, seven furlongs dirt
* Florida Sire  Stakes  - $300,000 Affirmed, 3-YO males, seven furlongs dirt

Sunday  Sept. 6* Uanme - 3-YO  fillies, 7 furlongs dirt

Monday Sept.  7
* Hard Worker - F&M 3-YO and up, 5 furlongs turf

Saturday Sept. 12* Three Chopt Road - 3-YO males, 7 furlongs dirt* Sensitive Prince - males 3-YO and up, 1 1/16 miles dirt