With just six horses set to contest the Grade 3 Very One March 5 at Gulfstream Park, handicappers will probably be best servedlor to zero in which Chad Brown trained import to bet in the mile and three sixteenths turf race for fillies and mares.
2/1 favorite Dacita will likely be much lower than her morning line price while making her seasonal debut. Trained by turf ace Chad Brown, the Chilean bred and raced Dacita began her U.S. career last year in style with a victory in the Grade 2 Balston Spa at Saratoga. From there, the then four year-old filly was trounced in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at the same distance she'll try in the Very One, while the Balston Spa victory came at a mile and a sixteenth. Brown's decision to bring the mare back at the same distance as the Breeders' Cup is a telling decision that distance was probably not the cause for the poor performance as Brown connects with an astounding 28% of his runners returning from 61-180 day layoffs. Leading rider Javier Castellano gets the call breaking from the rail.
Interestingly, Brown will saddle another Chilean bred and raced horse. This one, Guapaza, will be making her first start in America as the 5/2 second choice. A multiple group 2 winner in Chile, Guapaza enters on a three race winning streak despite being unraced since July 15. Guapaza also faced Dacita in their native country where Dacita defeated her by two lengths in 2014.
Brown's third entry, Olorda (3/1), is a German bred and European raced filly who tried a pair of grade 1 races in North America last year while failing to make an impact. Olorda has not raced since being well-beaten in the Grade 1 Matriarch November 29 at Del Mar.
Saturday, January 29 at Gulfstream Park is one of the biggest races of the year: the Pegasus World Cup (G1)! This $3 million race, covering a mile and an eighth on the Gulfstream dirt track, drew a field of nine handicap horses. The eyes of the racing world will be on Gulfstream on Saturday, and you can bet it from the comfort of your own home here in Canada!
The Kentucky Derby trail makes its way to Oklahoma on Friday, December 17 for the Remington Springboard Mile! The race drew a field of nine up-and-coming two-year-olds to go a mile on the main track. The prizes are rich: a $400,000 purse, as well as Road to the Kentucky Derby points (10-4-2-1) for the first four horses across the wire.
The Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), California’s most important Kentucky Derby Prep in December, is coming up on Saturday, December 11! The race features the most promising two-year-olds in California, set to go a mile and a sixteenth over the dirt at Los Alamitos Racecourse. The race offers a purse of $300,000, as well as Road to the Kentucky Derby points, apportioned 10-4-2-1 to the top four finishers.
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