Gulfstream Fast and Firm for Thursday

 Gulfstream Park has a ten-race card on Thursday  with first post of 1:10 p.m.

The dirt track is listed as Fast and the turf course is listed as Firm. The first race has a Super Hi-5 carryover of $3,539.

The carryover on the Rainbow is $625,910. The 20 cents per combination-only bet is on races five to ten with the sequence scheduled to start at 3:11p/m.

This link  to the Equibase Web site has the  Gulfstream entries for Thursday.  It has click-ons

for handicapping material. Some is free.  Some, including Past Performances, is at cost.

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Tampa Bay: Seventh Race is Our Friday Feature

HRFLA Staff Report

The dirt track is listed as Fast and  the turf course is listed as Firm for Wednesday's nine-race card at Tampa Bay Downs.

Our feature in conjunction with Internet station RadioStPete       is the seventh race, with scheduled post of 3:21 p.m.

The Late Pick 5 has a carryover of $47,543. It is a 50 cents minimum bet. It is on races five to nine with the sequence scheduled to start at 2:15 p.m. 

Late this afternoon, Tampa Bay  Downs will take entries and draw post positions for the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (Grade 2) and four other stakes races on Saturday. 

Our seventh race feature today  is a $40,000 optional claiming race with  a $24,000 purse at one mile on turf. It is for 3-year-old fillies that have started for a claiming price of $32,000 or less or an optional claiming price of $40,000.

The race has eight entrants. Successful Legacy and  Ball Lightning are likely favorites in the race that is the  third leg in the Late Pick 5.

RadioStPete  will begin coverage of the race at 3:19 p.m. and will carry the live call by track announcer Richard Grunder.

Joe Bourdow, RadioStPete  general manager will introduce the field and  provide a post-race recap.

He will be substituting for Bob Bauer, HRFLA associate editor and handicapper, who is out of town for several days due to a family  matter. 

Bob will be back for Saturday's annual Festival Day races.

He will handicap the five srakes races in HRFLA  and on RadioStPete.

In addition, RadioStPete will carry Grunder's live n.calls of all five stakes races. Bob wil provide pre-race and post-race commentary.

On Wednesday  night we will have out first preview of the Saturday stakes.

Gulfstream: Two Carryovers on Wednesday; With Fans Back to Watch and Wager

Gulfstream Park will begin its race week on Wednesday with fans on site and attractive carryovers on the Super Hi-5 and the Rainbow 6.

First post is 1:10 p.m. for the ten-race card.

The first race has a Super Hi-5 carryover of $10,147.  It is a $16,000 maiden claiming race at one mile on turf for 3-year-old fillies.  There are sixteen entrants. A maximum of twelve can start.

The  Rainbow 6 carryover is $562,217.  The 20 cents per combination-only bet is on races five to ten, with the sequence scheduled to start at 3:11 p.m.

Gulfstream is guaranteeing that the jackpot payout will be at least $950,000 if there is just one ticket with all six winners. That indicates Gulfstream expects that about $400,000 will be bet on the Rainbow 6.

This link to the Equibase Web site has the Gulfstream entries for Wednesday.

It has click-ons for handicapping material. Some is free.  Some, including Past  Performances, is at cost.

Gulfstream has racing on Wednesdays through Sundays  during its championship meet which will  end on March 28. 

Since last week, Gulfstream is has been allowing spectators back at the track.

But it is limiting that attendance to 2,000 as it continues to take precautions related to the COVI-19 pandemic. 

Tickets start at $11. Seats are available in many  areas of the ground floor and in the Ten Palms restaurant  on the second floor.

Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the Gulfstream Box Office at (202) 457-6201.

From last March 15 through last week, Gulfstream did not allow what it calls "regular spectators"  at its track. Its second and third floor restaurants were open on Pegasus Day, which was Jan. 23. 

Since last December it has been renting out luxury suites on its third floor on what it calls a "limited basis."

Saturday Stakes Races

Gulfstream will have three stakes races on Saturday--all ungraded and all with $75,000 purses.

Entries will be taken and posts will be drawn on Wednesday afternoon.

The Hutcheson is six furlongs on dirt for 3-year-olds.

The Any Limit is six furlongs on dirt for 3-year-old fillies.

The Captiva Island is five furlongs on turf for fillies and mares 4-YO and up.

Tampa Bay on Wednesday: $45,743 Late Pick 5 Carryover

After being dark on Monday and Tuesday, Tampa Bay Downs will resume racing on Wednesday with a Late Pick  5 carryover of $45,743 and a new pool in the Pick 6.

There were no tickets with all five winners in the Late Pick 5 on Sunday, the most recent Tampa Bay Downs race day.

That was the consequence of two long shot winners. 

Because of those high-odds winners, there was just one ticket with all six  winners in the Pick  6.  It paid $119,339.10 on the 20 cent only bet.

Based on Tampa Bay Downs betting patterns on carryovers, we expect that as much as $300,000 will be bet on the Late Pick 5 on Wednesday.

The Late Pick 5 is a 50 cent minimum bet. On Wednesday it will be on races five to nine with the sequence scheduled to start at 2:15 p.m. First post  is 12:15 p.m. for the nine-race card.

The Pick 6 will start on the fourth race, with scheduled post of 1:45 p.m.

On Wednesday's first race, there is a Super Hi-5 carryover  of $4,444.

This link to the Equibase Web site has the Tampa Bay entries for Wednesday. It has click-ons for handicapping material Some is free. Some, including Past Performances, is at cost.

On Sunday, Tampa Bay Downs paid $427.20 on each Late Pick 5 ticket with four winners.  The number of those tickets was not readily available.

Betting on the Late Pick 5 was $71,761. Of that, $45,743 was put into a carryover.

On Sunday, the Pick 6 was on  races four to nine and the Late Pick 5 was on races five to nine.

Program numbers of the six winning horses were  2-6-1-2-4-4.

Boca Guy (2), at 13-1, won the seventh race and Ride Into the Sky (4), at 20-1, won the eighth race.