Saturday's Best Bet: Static Fire blazes home in Abundantia
Saturday’s fourth race at Gulfstream Park is the $100,000 Abundantia Stakes for fillies and mares dashing five furlongs on the turf course. The scheduled post time is 1:39 p.m. EST.
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No. 9 Static Fire (5-1) wired the field in her turf sprint bow last year. She returned with a dirt sprint score in her 2022 bow, and raced evenly in her next two turf sprint stakes races. She pressed and scored in a dirt sprint at Keeneland last time, and she has been freshened for this. The lightly raced sophomore filly still has upside.
No. 4 Miss Auramet (5-1) does some of her best work at this course and distance. She reunites with Paco Lopez and has the speed to succeed.
No. 6 Miss J McKay (2-1) won this race from off the pace last year. She captured the License Fee in New York earlier this year but has dropped four straight since. She runs well fresh.
No. 7 Imagery (10-1) was nabbed out her last start by Mark Casse, and he shows a profit first after the claim. She won her last two turf sprint attempts and figures to stalk the pace under Irad Ortiz Jr.
Wagers:
No. 9 to Win
Exacta 4-9/4-6-9
Trifecta 4-6-9/4-6-9/7
Recent Best Bet winners
Dec. 1 – Tap the Faith ($6.30), exacta ($18.20)
Dec. 3 – Dr B/Bank Sting/Betsy Blue trifecta ($84.48)
Dec. 7 – Candidate ($5.80), exacta ($20.80)
Dec. 11 – Tiz an Edventure/Natural Colour exacta ($20), trifecta ($142.20)
Saturday – Bal Harbour ($13.60)
Monday – Titled Lady ($9.20), exacta ($59.40)
Friday - Black Belt ($14.80), exacta ($44.00), trifecta ($138.00)