3 For Sunday 1/5

At Gulfstream a trainer I met about 2 years ago has two running tomorrow. The trainer is Georgina Baxter.

Race 1 #3 R Boy Evans

Race 7 #2 Pay Any Price loves GP winning there 14 times. He's a 10 year old who has been away since May. He'll be the chalk & she will have him ready to fire.

Fairgrounds

Race 8 #10 Alan's Argument ships in from Aqueduct where he was the beaten favorite. Love the jock change to Florent Geroux. Should get a fair price on this one & trust Geroux can keep him out of traffic problems.    

R Boy Evans won by about 5 under Jose Ortiz paying $6.60. The nice money was made in the $117 exacta.

Nice way to start the day.

#2 Pay Any Price won going gate to wire paying $5.60 and $32.40 exacta.

This 10 year old came back with a huge race after being away since May. He absolutely loves the Gulfstream turf & Georgina Baxter certainly had him ready to run.

#10 Alan's Argument was bet down to the 9/5 chalk. Geroux had him sitting nicely in 4th about 3 wide. Made a move in the stretch but didn't have the kick to keep going. Finished 6th I think. 

Will do vet...

This is always a great time of the year @ Gulfstream with all the shippers & 3 year old races.

I'm not really in any circles @ GP. I met Georgina Baxter in the walking ring & later in the winners circle. I had told her jock to have a safe trip when coming out & she overheard me & nodded her head in thanks. Later in the winner's circle I congratulated her & she told me about a horse she had running later that day @ Tampa Bay Downs & it won. Chalky but it won.

I make a point of visiting the walking ring @ GP anytime she has a horse entered hoping to make eye contact without being a jerk. She has a cool British accent.

She wins @26%, so she's certainly worth following.  

vet...just saw a nice filly win a MSW @ Gulfstream named Spice Is Nice out of Curlin.

She won at first asking & showed exceptional speed when finding a hole on the rail & when Johnny V asked her to go through, she went willingly.

Spice Is Nice looks like something special. And she should, costing the owners 1 million.

vet...just saw another nice filly @ Fairgrounds named Charming Lady trained by Tom Amoss.

She missed the break, got stuck behind other fillies but Graham took her to the outside & she won going away.