![]() All six of Lynch’s winners have been on the grass (46%), and Clement had four winners on the grass from just his first 10 starters. The other best bets on the grass have been Lynch and Clement. Joseph leads the meet in number of turf winners with nine. Pletcher (33%) and Bill Mott lead in main-track win percentage at 31% through Feb. Pletcher is the meet’s leading trainer in terms of dirt winners with eight. The hot Gulfstream trainers to bet in terms of the top win percentages at the meet include Carlos David (7-for-26, 27%). The other leader in average win payoff amongst the top trainers is Antonio Sano, whose winners are paying an average of $14.10. Even Pletcher’s winners have been paying off much better than expected at an average of $9.20. Mark Casse is third with 9 wins (16%).Ĭasse has been kind to bettors because his average winner has paid a healthy $14.60. Todd Pletcher, perennially Gulfstream’s leading winter trainer until Joseph emerged a couple years ago, was second in the standings through Feb. Joseph’s average winner has paid $8.90, which is very low but still much higher than Chad Brown, whose three winners so far have averaged just $4.70. In the trainer’s standings, the runaway leader in terms of wins is Saffie Joseph Jr. ![]() Those winners have paid a lofty average price of $31.20 for bettors. 1, it is Leonel Reyes, who is seventh in the overall standings with 10 wins. If you are looking for the best longshot rider at the meet through Feb. Paco Lopez is 5-for-25 on the Tapeta for 20%. Other Tapeta win-percentage leaders include Gaffalione, who is winning at 23% on the synthetic, and Sonny Leon who is at 22%. From that trio, Saez has the best win percentage at 22%. Irad Ortiz, Jose Ortiz, and Saez are tied for the lead in Tapeta races at the meet with nine. Irad Ortiz leads all jockeys by a wide margin in turf races with 18 wins for 25%. The meet’s clear best dirt rider from a wins and percentage standpoint is Luis Saez with 15 wins for 29%. Who is the disappointment in the jock’s room so far? It has been Paco Lopez, who is ninth in the standings through Feb. Jockey Junior Alvarado, buoyed by a big Pegasus World Cup day, has 12 wins for a 13% clip. Most of the other regular top riders have win percentages in the 10-13% range. Fifth-leading rider Miguel Angel Vasquez (16 wins) has been a very good bet with a 15% win percentage. Fourth leading rider Tyler Gaffalione (21 wins) has a solid 14% win percentage. The only other riders in the win-percentage ballpark with the top three all have far fewer mounts. He has 19 wins and a 21% win percentage in routes versus only 10 wins for 11% in sprints. While Saez and Irad Ortiz tend to do roughly as good at all distances and surfaces, Jose Ortiz has definitely been a better bet in routes. Saez offers the most value with his average win payoff reaching a very solid $10.90, and Jose Ortiz’s average winner is paying an even $10. ![]() (Eclipse Sportswire)įor bettors, Irad Ortiz has the lowest average win payoff at just $7.70. Saez is sitting at 20% winners through Feb. The trio gets the most mounts and wins the most races, but beyond just that, they also lead in win percentage with Irad Ortiz topping the bunch at 22%. All three of these riders have been consistent on each of Gulfstream’s turf, dirt, and Tapeta surfaces. The other two jockeys that were vying for the riding title are Luis Saezwith 33 wins, and Jose Ortiz with 29 wins through Feb. Even before that day for the ages, Irad Ortiz had already taken over a firm hold on the top spot with 39 wins through Feb. ![]() There was a three-way battle going on atop the jockey standings for much of the Gulfstream winter meet until leading rider Irad Ortiz Jr. blew the doors off the jockey standings with a Gulfstream record-tying seven-win day on Feb. 26, and this seems like a good time to check-in and all of the current jockey, trainer, and post-position trends happening at the meet that can be relevant for bettors.Ī great renewal of Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes day is in the rear-view mirror and there are still two full months of action remaining at the meet as the south Florida winter season marches onward toward Curlin Florida Derby day on April 1. We are more than a month into the current Gulfstream Park Championship Meet, which began on Dec.
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