If you played the Sunset 6 wager this month, don’t be flustered that you didn’t win. No one else picked the last three winners at Gulfstream and Santa Anita either, so this week’s $1 wager begins with a $69,000 carryover pool.
GP 8th race (3:50 p.m. EST) -- WIN WITH FAITH rallied for minor awards in his last three starts on turf, earning 81 to 84 Beyers each time. He was the beaten favorite in two of them and is overdue for his first victory in a year at a distance which he stands 9/2-3-1. JAVA BUZZ completely blew the first turn while racing against WIN WITH FAITH, but he settled into ground saving position on the backstretch and finished willingly between rivals too late. He hails from a hot barn and should be on the ticket. JACK KEROUAC is 0-for-8 on the Gulfstream lawn, but he was gelded since his last start in October and ran well enough at the onset of 2025 to perhaps factor here at a big price for his new barn.
GP 9th race (4:20 p.m. EST) -- SALVATTORE PRINCE tracked a slow pace and made an eye-catching, last-to-first move on the final turn to surpass $100,000 in synthetic track earnings. He faces better rivals today but could pay off immediately on an $8,000 claim with a duplicate move. UNCLE JOHN had five wire-to-wire victories in seven starts before he chased the pace last out and was out-dueled in the final sixteenth by hard-hitting starter allowance rival LONGBRANCH LOU in a longer route race.
GP 10th race (4:50 p.m. EST) -- Speed types have fared well on the Gulfstream lawn and that should help the Pletcher-trained XCEL, who stalked the pace 4-wide at 7-1/2F and gave way in the stretch in a debut race loaded with upper-70 Beyer types. URGENCY was turned back by the winning 3-to-2 favorite in his first one-mile turf test, then finished behind three next-out winners (average 73 Beyer) while earning his top speed figure last out at the same distance.
SA 7th race (6:35 p.m. EST) -- DHITJARI, a consistent allowance runner in Germany while often carrying 128 pounds or more in crowded fields, won off a similar layoff last year at age 3. New trainer John Sadler won with 35 of his last 204 turf sprinters over two years with an average $7.80 payout. The late-running CUBAN CONFUSION is a model of consistency and shows a fastest-of-58 workout to begin preparation for his first start since October.
SA 8th race (7:05 p.m. EST) -- WINSTON AVE, 6-wide on the backstretch and 4-wide on the turn from post 10, couldn’t reach the 38-1 winner in a promising 6-1/2F debut. The winner, So Happy, came back to win the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes and the favorite, Blacksmith, ran second in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity next out. WINSTON AVE failed as the 1-to-5 favorite in a follow-up try, but the son of multiple Grade 1-winning router Quality Road, appears back on track with a series of strong workouts for his seasonal debut.
SA 9th race (7: 35 p.m. EST) -- BIGGIEBIGGIEBIGGIE got a needed break from Maiden Special Weight company and ran second to his pace-setting stablemate under today’s conditions. The race timed faster than a same-day, $16,000 starter allowance won by Please Focus (28/5-6-1, $243k on turf). LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE broke slowly in two dirt sprints at Oaklawn Park, but he had no such problems while posting three sizzling workouts at San Luis Rey since arriving in California. His dam, Lunar Rille, was 11/3-3-0 with $97k in turf earnings and broke her maiden the first time she ran on the surface. He’s worth using at 10-1 on the morning line.
Suggested $1 Ticket
GP 8th Race: 2, 3, 6
GP 9th Race: 1, 3, 5
GP 10th Race: 2, 10
SA 7th Race: 5, 6
SA 8th Race: 2
SA 9th Race: 4, 6
Cost: $72
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