Check out my Thursday (1-22-26) Gulfstream Park Race 8 analysis below.
GP 8 (Clm-35k, 4&up, 6.5f dirt) – Post Time 3:51 PM ET
Primary – #7 MISH, #1 Mr. Peeks
Secondary – #4 I Don’t Get It, #8 Speak Easy
Horse Comments:
#7 Mish (7-2) finished an even 4th of 12 as the beaten favorite at TAM on Jan. 3. The 9-year-old gelding has struck eight times at Gulfstream and he might bounce back in his second start off a short layoff for Saffie Joseph, Jr. The early-pressing gelding reconnects with his winning pilot Irad Ortiz, Jr.
#1 Mr. Peeks (6-1) might be aggressively handled from the inside post. He sports a pair of local wins and he missed by a neck at this course and distance under Thursday’s rider Miguel Vazquez on Oct. 26.
#4 I Don’t Get It (9-2) was part of the trifecta in his last seven dirt attempts. He turns back in distance and ran well in back-to-back allowance races at this distance (December 2024, January 2025). Michael Maker is his new trainer and he will try to get involved from off the pace under Tyler Gaffalione.
#8 Speak Easy (2-1) cuts back in distance and drops out of the OC-62.5k ranks. He won his first two career starts in 2024 and lost all eight starts since. He will probably stalk the pace from the outside post under his new rider Junior Alvarado.
Wagers:
#7 to win
Exacta 1-7/1-4-7
Trifecta 1-7-8/1-7-8/4
January 2026 Bettor Bet$ Free Pick Winners
Jan. 3 – Sister Troienne ($2.60)
Jan. 7 – G T Five Hundred ($7.24), Trifecta ($132.44)
Jan. 8 – Sweet Odyssey ($5.60), Exacta ($20.00), Trifecta ($72.00)
Jan. 9 – Nafisa ($6.80), Trifecta ($221.00)
Jan. 16 – Going Lucky/O K Rose Exacta ($40.60), Trifecta ($124.20)
Jan. 17 – Cee Drew ($6.40), Exacta ($16.80), Trifecta ($72.00)
Jan. 18 – Centrodelantero ($6.80)
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