Saturday's Best Bet: Khozeiress should hug rail in Carry Back
Saturday’s eighth race at Gulfstream Park is the $75,000 Carry Back Stakes for 3-year-olds dashing seven furlongs on the main track. The scheduled post time is 4:26 p.m. EDT.
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No. 1 Khozeiress (7-2) ran well in all five local starts, and he won three of those races. The consistent Florida-bred colt exits back-to-back wins, and he handled open company on May 19.
No. 5 Mr. Peeks (4-1) was overmatched as a maiden in the Florida Derby (G1) on April 1. He turned back, returned to the special-weight ranks May 13, and he romped that day. The early-pressing California Chrome colt should offer value.
No. 4 Swirvin (7-2) captured both dirt sprints at Gulfstream and should be all over the pace under his new rider Edwin Gonzalez.
No. 7 Super Chow (9-5) is 6-for-9 overall, and he landed the comfortable outside post. He likes this oval but might not want to go this far and won’t offer much value.
Wagers
No. 1 to win
Exacta box 1-5
Trifecta key 1/4-5-7
Recent Best Bet winners
June 3 – Kalik ($7.90), trifecta ($41.80)
June 6 – Uncle Ernie ($4.60), exacta ($12.60), trifecta ($46.60)
June 12 – Cabra Chica ($6.80), exacta ($13.60)
Last Friday – Clearly Unhinged/Pleasant exacta ($19.20), trifecta ($65.60)
Sunday – Planetario ($7.40), exacta ($14.80)
Tuesday – Chelsea Wall ($11.40), exacta ($22.40)
Thursday – Daufuskie Island ($4.30), exacta ($10.80)