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Gulfstream - Race 2
#2 Afleet Express (3/1 ml)
Jimmy Jerkens colt by Afleet Alex was completely shut off at the start and checked hard in his debut, dropping way back towards the rear early. Remained out of the camera view all the way down the backside, but came circling wide into the lane and ran right past the entire field down the stretch run, even being taken in hand late. Looks to have been training quite well since arriving in Florida, in fcat he comes into the race today off a bullet move @ Palm Meadows that was nearly a full second faster than the next-fastest drill at the distance. Jerkens is also very solid with second-time starters, hitting @ 20% (for a flat-bet profit) with a pretty good sample size. Clearly has more speed than shown, what with the gate incident last time, but gets plenty of speed to run at here regardless. Would expect a good stalking trip here; should run very well. Potential Derby prospect.
HRT record:
66 for 236 (28%)
$564.60 mutuels ($8.55 avg)
#2 Afleet Express (3/1 ml)
Jimmy Jerkens colt by Afleet Alex was completely shut off at the start and checked hard in his debut, dropping way back towards the rear early. Remained out of the camera view all the way down the backside, but came circling wide into the lane and ran right past the entire field down the stretch run, even being taken in hand late. Looks to have been training quite well since arriving in Florida, in fcat he comes into the race today off a bullet move @ Palm Meadows that was nearly a full second faster than the next-fastest drill at the distance. Jerkens is also very solid with second-time starters, hitting @ 20% (for a flat-bet profit) with a pretty good sample size. Clearly has more speed than shown, what with the gate incident last time, but gets plenty of speed to run at here regardless. Would expect a good stalking trip here; should run very well. Potential Derby prospect.
HRT record:
66 for 236 (28%)
$564.60 mutuels ($8.55 avg)
Comments
Im glad he was hammered down to 6-5. I ended up passing the race.
I told myself if I got 2-1 I'd be laying down a large wager.