Saturday, February 27, 2016 8 VIVA MAJORCA, who does his best running from ‘off the RACE 1: THE TEXAS GLITTER pace’, can end up sitting in the catbird seat behind the 7 MANHATTAN DAN, who showed the ability sprinting on world-class speed in this field. The Grade 1-stakes-placed the grass when breaking his maiden at Saratoga, and who son of Tiago has the perfect jock aboard (Julien Leparoux). set the pace in the 1-mile (G1) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, 1 CANDIP leaves little doubt as what his running tactics will is cutting back to 5 furlongs to get the call in the opener. be when breaking from the rail. The gelding, which posted a 3 DUFFLE BAG is cutting back to five-eighths of a mile 103 Beyer in his last, will be running and gunning early. again (1-1-0-0) after leading every step of the way to defeat $75,000 optional claimers going 7 ½ furlongs on a ‘firm’ turf SELECTIONS: 5-8-1 last out. 6 NOHOLDINGBACK BEAR is giving the turf a try after displaying class on the dirt when finishing 2nd in the RACE 5: THE FASIG-TIPTON DAVONA DALE (G2) Grade 3 Hutcheson, and a press-the-pace-and-weaken 4th 5 CATHRYN SOPHIA is stretching out to a 1-turn mile after behind nemesis Awesome Banner in the 7-furlong Grade 2 keeping her record unblemished (3-3-0-0) when she . returned from the freshening to win the 7-furlong Grade 2 Forward Gal by 5 ½ lengths. 4 LEWIS BAY is turning back SELECTIONS: 7-3-6 to a mile in the first start since winning the 9-furlong Grade 2 Demoiselle at Aqueduct on Nov 28th. Trainer Chad Brown RACE 2: has the daughter of Bernardini working consistently at Palm 1 MEDIA TIME, a previous winner at the distance, is Meadows. 6 R GIRLS A CHARMER must prove she can debuting locally after a trio of sharp sprint outings at handle a mile after shipping up to Tampa to win the 7- Tampa, including the recent 7-length score vs $16,000 ‘3- furlong Gasparilla in front-running fashion. She looks like lifetime’ claimers going 6 furlongs. 3 OSORNO has shown the speed of the speed for trainer Mark Casse and an affinity for the 7-furlong distance after following the 2nd Luis Saez. place finish in his $50,000 debut with a hard-fought neck victory in the ‘slop’ last out. 5 HOLY HIGHWAY, the only 9- SELECTIONS: 5-4-6 time winner in the field, is hoping to bounce back after failing to fire behind repeat winner Defer Heaven in a RACE 6: THE HERECOMESTHEBRIDE (G3) $10,000 optional claimer at the distance. He’s the upset 8 CATCH A GLIMPSE kicks off her sophomore season special in the bottom half of the early Daily Double. after ending her 2-year-old campaign with hard-fought victory in the (G1) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. SELECTIONS: 1-3-5 Trainer Mark Casse has the daughter of City Zip training sharply at Palm Meadows. 4 LIRA will try to keep her RACE 3: record unblemished after notching her 3rd consecutive 5 DIRECT MESSAGE is cutting back to a mile and a victory when she defeated next-out Grade 3 Sweetest sixteenth after responding to the addition of Lasix with a 2nd Chant winner Pricedtoperfection in the $100,000 Ginger place finish in his local debut going 9 furlongs. Trainer Tom Brew here on Jan 2nd. Trainer has Javier Albertrani has Luis Saez at the controls. 7 MAJESTO is Castellano in the saddle. 5 WEDDING DRESS, the hunch another cutting back to a mile and a sixteenth after making play of the day, gets both Lasix and blinkers in the first start a solid late move to finish 3rd behind impressive winner since disputing the pace and weakening late in the Chelsey Kelly Tough going 9 furlongs. 1 HAPPY’S CAUSEWAY will Flower at Belmont, a race that has produced 3 next-out depart from the rail after encountering some trouble at the winners from 6 starters. 7/8-pole prior to rallying strongly to come within three- quarters of a length of catching sharp Kelly Tough last out. SELECTIONS: 8-4-5 He needs to be closer to the pace to offer his best. RACE 7: SELECTIONS: 5-7-1 11 SPARKLE FACTOR has trained consistently at Payson Park in preparation for her first start since coming within a RACE 4: THE SPRINT (G3) neck of winning her North American debut for trainer 5 X Y JET is stretching out to 6 ½ furlongs after a trio of Christophe Clement. Julien Leparoux will get the call to head-swirling performances going three-quarters of a mile, handle the daughter of Arch as Irad Ortiz Jr moves to which includes victories in the Grade 3 Mr Prospector and Sunshine Millions Sprint.

9 OFF LIMITS. The daughter of Mastercraftsman (Ire), who 5 GO AROUND is making his 4-year-old debut after the defeated Sparkle Factor in Ireland last July, makes her solid sophomore campaign in which he won 2 of 6 races, North American debut for trainer Chad Brown with Lasix and was a good 3rd in the Grade 3 Saranac at the Spa added for the first time. 12 ITSONLYACTINGDAD is during September. Trainer Bill Mott has Florent Geroux cutting back to a mile and a sixteenth in the first start since atop the lightly raced son of Medaglia d’Oro. finishing 2nd to superstar Lady Eli in the 10-furlong Grade 1 Belmont Oaks last July. Trainer Todd Pletcher is 37% with SELECTIONS: 7-10-5 the longer than 180 days layoff. RACE 11: THE PALM BEACH (G3) SELECTIONS: 11-9-12 11 CONVERGE is stretching out to a mile and a sixteenth after a couple of solid 1-mile turf outings during his brief 2- RACE 8: THE CANADIAN TURF (G3) year-old campaign, which includes the fast-closing 2nd in 8 HEART TO HEART is turning back to a mile (7-3-1-0) the $100,000 Awad at Belmont. Trainer Chad Brown has after following his score in the 9-furlong G3 River City Javier Castellano in the saddle. 14 AZAR is stretching out Handicap at Churchill with another front running score in to a mile and a sixteenth after encountering double trouble the mile and a sixteenth G2 Ft Lauderdale here last out. (bumped start, checked late) when 3rd in the 1-mile Jockey Julien Leparoux, going for 3 in a row, handles the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy. Trainer Todd Pletcher has John son of English Channel perfectly on the front end. Velazquez handling the demanding outside post. 3 LONG ON VALUE, the defending champ, has trained 13 J R’S HOLIDAY, 3-time winner on the local turf, which sharply at Payson Park in preparation for this first start includes the recent victories vs allowance company, and since finishing 5th in the Grade 3 Poker at Belmont last the score in the Kitten’s Joy. Emisael Jaramillo is atop the June. Trainer Bill Mott has Florent Geroux atop the son of ‘now’ horse. Value Plus. 7 AVANZARE, 8 for 8 ‘in the money’ at a mile on the turf (8-4-2-2), which includes a couple of Grade 2 SELECTIONS: 11-14-13 victories on the West Coast, makes his first start since finishing 8th in the mile and a sixteenth Grade 2 Seabiscuit RACE 12: THE XPRESSBET FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (G2) at Delmar in November. Trainer Tom Proctor has Jose 6 will try to make it two in a row at the Lezcano atop the 8-furlong specialist. distance after keeping his career record unblemished (4-4- 0-0) when he won the Grade 2 Holy Bull here by 3 ½ SELECTIONS: 8-3-7 lengths. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin has Junior Alvarado going for 5 in a row. 5 AWESOME BANNER is stretching RACE 9: THE SAND SPRINGS out around 2-turns for the first time after the monster score 6 DARING KATHY, a perfect 3 for 3 on the Gulfstream turf, in the 7-furlong Grade 2 Swale Stakes. Jockey Jose is back home, and back in the David Fawkes barn, after Caraballo will get him interested early. 2 ZULU will get his ending her summer campaign in New York with a poor first serious class check when trying graded stakes showing in the De La Rose at Saratoga. The horse-for- competition fresh off his commanding allowance optional course play has trained forwardly for the homecoming. claiming score going 7 furlongs in the ‘slop’. 1 CELESTINE, never beaten a mile on the lawn (2-2-0-0), is turning back after getting caught late when beaten a neck SELECTIONS: 6-5-2 here in the mile and a sixteenth Tropical Park Oaks. Trainer Bill Mott tuned her up for this assignment with a bullet half- RACE 13: mile drill at Payson Park. 8 PARTISAN POLITICS is 10 CITE will race the blinkers off after returning from the making her first start since failing to fire in the mile and a layoff with Lasix added and finishing a troubled 3rd (bumped sixteenth Grade 3 Marshua’s River on Jan 9th. The Chad start, lacked room ¼-pole) when beaten a length at this Brown/Javier Castellano collaboration looks better at a mile. level and distance. 1 AMERICAN PATRIOT is stretching out to a mile and an eighth after the promising 7 ½-furlong SELECTIONS: 6-1-8 career debut in which he rallied late to come within three- quarters of a length of exiting the maiden ranks at first RACE 10: asking. Trainer Todd Pletcher has Javier Castellano 7 THATCHER STREET is making his first start since returning on the son of War Front. 4 BILLY’S KITTEN will finishing 2nd to recent Grade 2 Ft Lauderdale winner and be outfitted with blinkers after getting parked 4-wide in his Grade 3 Canadian turf favorite Heart to Heart in the 9- mile and a sixteenth debut vs a solid group of maiden furlong Grade 3 River City at Churchill in November. special weight runners. Trainer Chad Brown, 22% with first- 10 RED GUARD is stretching out to a mile and a sixteenth time shades, has Irad Ortiz Jr in the saddle. after shipping up to Tampa to win a first-level allowance on the turf. Trainer Shug McGaughey adds 2nd-time blinkers on SELECTIONS: 10-1-4 the son of Bernardini. BEST BET: RACE 9 – 6 DARING KATHY

LONGSHOT: RACE 13 – 14 MOLLYDOOKER