How to bet the 2023 Gowell Stakes

A dozen two-year-old fillies will dash six panels on the All-Weather strip at Turfway Park in Saturday’s $125,000 Gowell S. California invader #3 Julia’s Dream (9-2) has looked really good in her two career tries on the lawn leading up to this affair, and I expect the daughter of Flameaway to transition to the synthetic with ease on Saturday. 

Gowell Wagers

• $30 win #3 Julia’s Dream ($30)
• $1 trifecta key 3 with 7,8 with all ($20)
• $.50-cent superfecta 3,8 with 3,7,8 with 3,7,8 with all ($18)

Trained by Michael McCarthy, the chestnut filly has very good early foot and proved to be game in her recent allowance tilt at Del Mar when battling back after being passed en route to victory. The $180,000 juvenile purchase has posted a pair of solid morning moves in the Bluegrass State in preparation for the event, and the Kentucky bred could sit a perfect trip while forcing the tempo throughout under the guidance of Luan Machado. 

There are numerous contenders that I am considering for the vertical exotics, including Kevin Attard’s Canadian invader #8 Pipit (4-1). By Quality Road, the bargain $75,000 purchase blitzed her foes with a four-length triumph in the Victoria S. on the synthetic at Woodbine in the summer, and she will have blinkers removed following a failed route attempt against the boys last time out. The March foal shows a trio of useful morning drills in the interim, and she will sit an ideal stalking trip from the break with Tyler Conner taking the reins. 

The Brad Cox-trained #7 Candi Girl (3-1) was a solid allowance victress on the oval in advance of Saturday and fits well in the field as a major top-three player. This Twirling Candy filly has yet to display a huge turn of foot, but she is quick and figures to receive an advantageous voyage being drawn outside of the majority of early speed in the affair. Axel Concepcion has the return assignment and will have the $85,000 yearling purchase in the second flight from the opening bell.