Golden Gate: How to bet the $4,614 Super High 5 carryover

Who’s ready to have some fun at Golden Gate Fields? The Sunday card brings a $4,614 Super High 5 carryover to the table.

The first opportunity to play the rolling $1 wager (and thus chase the carryover) comes in Race 1, an $8,000 claimer for fillies and mares. The distance is six furlongs on Tapeta, and with seven entries, there are only 2,520 possible Super High 5 outcomes to consider.

The morning line favorite is #1 Miracle in Motion (7-5), and for obvious reasons. She won twice at Golden Gate Fields during the spring, employing pace-pressing tactics to nab a $25,000 maiden claimer and a $12,500 claimer. More recently, Miracle in Motion ran second in a 5 1/2-furlong dash over Sunday’s class level, beaten only three-quarters of a length.

Miracle in Motion owns the two highest Brisnet Speed ratings in Sunday’s field and has enough speed to work out a favorable trip from the rail draw. Throw in the fact she’ll be ridden by hot jockey Assael Espinoza (7-for-18, 39% at Golden Gate so far this year), and Miracle in Motion is an appealing filly to play on top.

Underneath, we have to respect #4 Magical Lady (9-5), a stretch runner entering off back-to-back victories in $4,000 and $5,000 claimers at Golden Gate Fields. But if we like Magical Lady, we have to respect #3 Miss Arrowhead (12-1), who finished second by only half a length against Magical Lady last time out. Nor can we ignore #6 All (4-1), who defeated Miss Arrowhead by two lengths in a $5,000 claimer at Golden Gate in November.

#5 Bold Daughter (6-1) has won two straight races at Golden Gate, including a recent $6,250 claimer sprinting six furlongs in which she rallied after a slow start to edge #2 Runaway Princess (20-1) by a neck. But Bold Daughter’s Brisnet Speed ratings are lower than those belonging to the favorites, so we’ll lean toward including her (and Runaway Princess) toward the bottom of our tickets.

#7 Gardees World (20-1), winner of a $5,000 claimer at Golden Gate during the summer, completes the field and is worth using in bottom slots.

Here’s how we’ll bet the Super High 5:

• $1 Super High 5: 1 with 4,6 with 3,4,6 with 3,4,6 with 2,5,7 ($12)
• $1 Super High 5: 1 with 4,6 with 3,4,6 with 2,5,7 with 3,4,6 ($12)
• $1 Super High 5: 1 with 4,6 with 3,4,6 with 2,5,7 with 2,5,7 ($24)
  Total: $48

Good luck!