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Happy New Year everyone! Let’s kick off 2026 with another round of weekend winners focusing on Saturday’s two stakes races at Gulfstream Park, the Mucho Macho Man Stakes for just three-year-olds and the Ginger Brew Stakes for three-year-old fillies on the turf. If we can choose the winners of these two features in early January, we will be well on our way to starting the new year off right. Good luck.
Saturday January 3
Gulfstream Park, Race 6, $175,000 Ginger Brew Stakes, post time 2:48 PM ET
The Ginger Brew Stakes features a field of eight three-year-old fillies willing to run one mile on the grass. The horse to beat is #6 Sister Troiennewho is riding a three-race winning streak, having defeated the competition in all three races, including a maiden win at Churchill Downs, a win at the Keeneland turf allowance and a $100,000 win last time out at Gulfstream’s all-weather track. No rival has finished near her in any of her wins and she should be able to make it four in a row in this competition. The two main threats, at least in the exactas and trifectas, will come from the pair by Saffie Joseph Jr. trained participants in the field, #3 R A lot of money And #4 Ghost doll. R Slew of Cash will have to turn the tables on Sister Troienne, who beat her last time, but that race took place on the all-weather track and not on the turf. R Slew of Cash was a winner on this course when last seen on the grass and has plenty going for these connections with jockey Tyler Gaffalione taking over the mount. Spirit Doll began her career on the dirt but showed dramatic improvement last time out when she switched to the turf for the first time with a strong 6 ½-length win in Gulfstream’s $75,000 Our Dear Peggy Stakes at this mile-and-a-half distance. Since then, she has had two more months to mature and she can be expected to show up with another big effort.
The play: Bet #6 Sister Troienne to win and play her in exacta and trifecta boxes #3 R A lot of money And #4 Ghost doll.
Gulfstream Park, Race 10, $175,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes, post time 4:48 PM ET
The Mucho Macho Man Stakes is the first step on the road from Gulfstream Park to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (although it carries no qualifying points) and will be the first attempt at a mile for many of the horses in the nine-horse field. The race looks like a fairly simple chalky exacta box, so don’t try to reinvent the wheel and just go ahead and load in the two favorites. We give the nod to the impressive first-out winner #3 Epic summer for the win on the strength of his big first score of 3 ¼ lengths at Belmont at the Big A for trainer George Weaver. Epic Summer finished strongly in that 6 ½ furlong race and looked like a horse that would benefit from the extra distance. Second behind Epic Summer was the Chad Brown-trained Schoolyardsuperman, who returned to break his first on his next start. The biggest threat will come from #1 Commandment from Brad Cox’s Barn with Irad Ortiz Jr. on board. He graduated last time in his second career start in a seven-furlong race at Churchill Downs and should get perfect pace at this spot as a horse with stalking ability in a race full of fast horses and horses trying to stretch out.
The play: Bet #3 Epic summer to win and play him in an exacta box #1 Commandment.
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