Check out my Monday (2-9-26) Turf Paradise Race 7 analysis below.
TUP 7 (OC-12.5k, F&M, 8T) – Post Time 6:05 PM ET
Primary – #9 GUILTYOFHAVINGFUN, #8 Expressive Love
Secondary – #5 Church Pew, #6 Bingo Baby, #2 Catalina Cocktail, #3 Mastery Kat
Horse Comments:
#9 Guiltyofhavingfun (3-1) easily won two straight local turf races as the favorite in November and December, and she chased above par fractions, led, and was best of the rest in third at 8T Jan. 27. She should be forwardly placed from the outside post under her winning rider Frank Alvarado.
#8 Expressive Love (5-1) shipped from California and set the pace and was clearly second best at this course/distance Jan. 27. Daniel Vergara got to know her last time and he is 2-for-3 with trainer Jose Silva, Jr. recently.
#5 Church Pew (6-1) was part of the trifecta in 7 of her last 10 starts. She earned the top late pace rating Jan. 19 and might rally for a share.
#6 Bingo Baby (4-1) hit the board in her last three local starts at one mile. She will try to make an impact in the stretch for the productive Orlando Mojica/Robertino Diodoro team.
#2 Catalina Cocktail (5-1) completed the trifecta in back-to-back local flat mile turf races in November and December, and she exits a flat mile dirt win (off the turf) on Jan. 8. She projects an inner stalking trip.
#3 Mastery Kat (6-1) chased the pace and finished an even 4th of 6 at 8T Jan. 19 and that was her first start since July 2025. She hit the board in 4 of 5 local starts and is a fairly reliable turf performer (10 1-4-3).
Wagers:
#9 to win
Exacta 8-9/5-8-9
Trifecta 8-9/2-3-5-6-8-9/5-6
Recent 2026 Bettor Bet$ Free Pick Winners
Jan. 22 – Mish ($6.40), Exacta ($29.00)
Jan. 23 – Miss Donna ($4.60), Exacta ($13.60)
Jan. 27 – Little Trouble ($2.40)
Jan. 28 – Midnight Onyx ($5.20), Exacta ($14.80), Trifecta ($47.80)
Jan. 29 – Ashima ($2.80), Exacta ($9.40), Trifecta ($27.20)
Jan. 31 – Counterbalance ($6.40), Exacta ($50.40)
Feb. 2 – Shut Up Michael/Cane Creek Road Exacta ($21.80), Trifecta ($58.20)
Feb. 3 – Goodfella/Jimmy B Exacta ($5.60), Trifecta ($14.60)
Feb. 4 – Attending/Americandreammaker Exacta ($37.80)
Feb. 6 – Runamileinmyshoes/Our Moonlight Exacta ($9.20), Trifecta ($19.60)
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