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Saturday, March 3

Gulfstream Park, Race 13, $200,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes, 5:34 p.m. ET

#3 One Go All Go: I’ve been waiting for this horse to catch a race in which he isn’t one of three or four runners who generally find themselves on or near the lead. In his last few, he’s run up against speedsters like Heart to Heart, Shining Copper, and Shakhimat. On Saturday, it should be One Go All Go alone on the lead. And it’s not just the pace edge that has me on this horse, he happens to be in the best form of his life — his last two races represent his highest Equibase and Beyer Speed Figures. Best of all? You’re going to get a huge price.

Strategy on a $10 Budget

$2 win, place, show on #3 One Go All Go ($6)

$1 exacta: 3,12 with 1,3,12 ($4)

Strategy on a $25 Budget

$4 win, place, show on #3 One Go All Go ($12)

$1 exacta box: 1,3,8,12 ($12)

Strategy on a $50 Budget

$6 win, place, show on #3 One Go All Go ($18)

$1 exacta box: 1,3,8,12 ($12)

$.50 trifecta: 1,3,12 with 1,3,8,12 with 1,3,4,8,9,12 ($18)

Gulfstream Park, Race 14, $400,000 Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth Stakes, 6:09 p.m. ET

Free Drop Billy (Eclipse Sportswire)

#2 Free Drop Billy: Make no mistake, the horse to beat is Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and last year’s champion 2-year-old male, Good Magic (#6). However, on Saturday he’ll be making his first start since his November triumph at the Breeders’ Cup and, knowing that the ultimate goal is the Kentucky Derby, there’s no need for him to come back totally cranked up for a peak performance here. That said, assuming Good Magic isn’t just THAT much better than the rest of these, Free Drop Billy has all the looks of a horse who might be more prepared to fire a big race. He came back off of a difficult run in Breeders’ Cup to run a very solid second to a more fit Audible in the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes last out. What Free Drop Billy showed in that race, aside from taking to the dirt at Gulfstream, is that he’d retained or even improved upon his form last year, which saw him win the Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland and come within a neck of Sporting Chance (who ran very well in return two weeks ago in the Southwest Stakes) in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. Note that among the horses Free Drop Billy beat last year you’ll find recent Risen Star Stakes winner Bravazo.

Strategy on a $10 Budget

$2 win, place on #2 Free Drop Billy ($4)

$1 exacta box: 2,6,7 ($6)

Strategy on a $25 Budget

$5 win, place on #2 Free Drop Billy ($10)

$2 exacta box: 2,6,7 ($12)

Strategy on a $50 Budget

$10 win, place on #2 Free Drop Billy ($20)

$2 exacta box: 2,6,7 ($12)

$1 trifecta: 2 with 6,7 with ALL ($16)

2018 ROI: -$373