Gulfstream Park Selections by John M. Gaver III: Thursday, December 21, 2017
A perfunctory 10-race program is on the docket at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. on Thursday, December 21. The card has a pair of featured races–a $75,000 optional claiming/entry-level allowance heat for juveniles sprinting on dirt going as the third on the program, and a $50,000 conditioned claiming affair for three-year-olds and upward going eight-furlongs on turf as the ninth on the day.
Additionally, the program has an eight-day, $190,457 carryover in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 Jackpot (races 5-10).
The Green Sheet had four winners on Wednesday’s 10-race program at Gulfstream and touted a $264 trifecta for a $1 wager in the sixth on the card. On the day, The Sheet had a positive 60 percent return on investment (ROI*), or a flat-bet profit of $1.20 cents for each two dollars wagered on its top selections.
13 days into the 2017-18 Championship Meet in Hallandale Beach, The Sheet is hitting at a 31 percent strike rate; its top selections have finished in the money 63 percent of the time. For the meet to date, The Sheet has a positive 12 percent ROI*, or a flat bet profit of 24 cents for each two dollars wagered on its top picks at the tilt.
For FREE, annotated selections for the Thursday, December 21 program at Gulfstream Park, click HERE.
*Return on investment is calculated by placing a hypothetical $2 win wager on all top selections and dividing the net profit by the total amount wagered.
Header image: “Jockeys,” by Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Pastel on paper, 1886