Boscar,

Since you obviously were following Gulf today and you are an observer of doubles, etc., did you notice the 8 in the closing race for Maker was the only live ticket for the 5 of 5 Pick 5 pool scooping $88k? The horse wasn't impossible to have as I had him on my ill fated pick 4. But I considered playing him to win but stayed out of the finale. His odds ended up at $6.20 to 1 as fourth choice in the win wagering. Is this the kind of play you look for with your observations? I didn't see if the pick 6 had any single tickets alive. It ended up paying for 5 of 6 to multiple winners.

For those of you that didn't see the last two races, Carlo Vaccarezza won the "Little" late double at Gulfstream Park. The horses paid $79+ and $75+ beating the 8 in last stages of the race for the win denying someone the pick 5 scoop. It was someone that used the Vaccarezza horse against an odds on $.70 horse (Johnny V aboard for Carlo) but didn't use Vaccarezza in the finale against MdnClmers. I think a connection to the 8's barn was alive for this reason but curious others' thoughts.