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<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMcLean\u2019s \u201cBonus Coverage\u201d Selections For Tampa Bay \u2014 Sam F. Davis Stakes Day<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Days Picks
\n9 \/ 2-2-5<\/p>\n
2026 Overall \u2014 117
\n117 \/ 40-33-46<\/p>\n
Win % of Top Pick
\n34.18%<\/p>\n
Payoff % of Top 3 Picks Overall
\n33.90%<\/p>\n
2026 Top Pick in the Money Overall \u2014 69-117
\n58.97%<\/p>\n
2026 Top Pick in the Money @ TP Winter 69-117
\n58.97%<\/p>\n
2026 Top Pick Wins @ TP Winter 40-117
\n34.18%<\/p>\n
2026 \u201cKey Horses\u201d @ TP Winter 9\/1-1-2
\n11.11% Win \/ 44.44% ITM<\/p>\n
2026 \u201cKey Horses\u201d Overall \u2014 891-1-1
\n11.11% Win \/ 44.44% ITM<\/p>\n
(Stats need to be updated with this week\u2019s results)<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s our looks at the Tampa Bay card, starting with Race # 4 and running through the Sam F. Davis Stakes at the end of the program. The Sam F. Davis is the key prep for the Tampa Bay Derby and a start, for some, on a possible road to the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Picks:<\/p>\n
A
\nB
\nC<\/p>\n
Minaret Stakes
\n4<\/p>\n
1-4
\n6-2
\n5<\/p>\n
Suncoast Stakes
\n5<\/p>\n
5-3
\n4
\n8<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
6-2-3
\n9
\n10<\/p>\n
7<\/p>\n
7-2-11
\n10-4
\n8-5<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
7-2-1
\n6
\n5-9-10-11<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
1-5-12
\n13-7-14
\n9-8-7-11-4<\/p>\n
Pelican Stakes
\n10<\/p>\n
3-6-4
\n9
\n8-2-7-5<\/p>\n
Sam F. Davis
\n11<\/p>\n
9-6-1
\n5-3-2-7
\n4<\/p>\n
Betting Strategy:<\/p>\n
Betting Strategy<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
1 bet 1 Win \/ Key 1 o\/u all \/ more on under<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
I bet 5in upset over 2-5 ML fav \/ 5-3 Both Stakes Winners \/ 3 Speed<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
I bet 6 WP \/ Double Down on 6 \/ Box 6-2-3 \/ Key 6 o\/u 2-3-9-10<\/p>\n
7<\/p>\n
I bet 7-11 WPS \/ Box 7-2-11\/ Key 7-11 o\/u 2-10-4<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
I bet 7 WPS \/ Box 7-2-1 \/ Key 7-2 o\/u 1-6-5-9-10-11<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
I bet the 1-5 WPS \/ Box 1-5-12 \/ Key 1-5-12 o\/u 13-14<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
I bet 3-6 WPS \/ Box 3-6-4 \/ Key 3-6 o\/u 4-9<\/p>\n
11<\/p>\n
I bet the 9 WPS \/ Key 9 over\/under 6-1-5-3-2-7 (more on 6-1-5)<\/p>\n
Comments:<\/p>\n
Comments<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
1 lost to 4 last time out \/ No excuses \/ 5-1-1 in 7 @ distance<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
5 Has Work to do to overcome G2 winner with speed \/ But capable<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
6 is Gun Runner who sold for $1.1M \/ Sharp works \/ Aggressive rider<\/p>\n
7<\/p>\n
7 slight edge \/ 2-2 with Lasix \/ 11 gets huge rider switch<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
7 ran huge at GP last out \/ 2-1-1 in 4 starts at distance<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
1-5 are first timers \/ But Chad Brown is hot 2-2-0 in 5 here<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
Saffie Speedster won 2 in row before Oaklawn debacle \/ rebound<\/p>\n
11<\/p>\n
9 is pure speed & that normally carries here \/ Big Threat<\/p>\n
Good Luck & All the Best \/ Gene<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGene McLean began his professional career in 1977 as a sportswriter and columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Lexington, Ky., and was recognized as one of the state\u2019s best writers, winning the prestigious \u201cSportswriter of the Year\u201d honor in 1985. Now the President and Publisher of The Pressbox, McLean sets the vision for the site and still finds time to handicap races, interview trainers and keep his finger on the pulse of the industry, More About Gene.<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRelated Posts\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLean\u2019s \u201cBonus Coverage\u201d Selections For Tampa Bay \u2014 Sam F. Davis Stakes Day Days Picks 9 \/ 2-2-5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-147353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}