At Gulfstream Park on Saturday, the featured race is the Hutcheson Stakes for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. Covering a six-furlong sprint on dirt, the prize purse is $100,000. There are seven contenders in the field for this race.
2023 Hutcheson Stakes Predictions
When: Saturday, March 18th 2023
Where: Gulfstream Park
Two of my favorites are Two of a Kind and Super Chow. They should come in first and second place with Live Is Life taking third. All three colts are running in a row from three to five in the starting gates.
Win: Two of a Kind
This three-year-old colt is starting at the No. 4 gate with jockey Joel Rosario. Trained by Brian Lynch, Two of a Kind has raced at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park and Gulfstream Park. He finished third in the Swale Stakes at Gulfstream on Feb. 4 this year. He took third place earlier in January at Gulfstream in the 2023 Limehouse Stakes.
As a son of Overanalyze, Two of a Kind has competed in sprints on dirt in his four races as a two-year-old and three-year-old colt. He has raced for K and R Racing Stable and Town Branch Racing being bred in Kentucky.
Place: Super Chow
Trained by Jorge Delgado and ridden by jockey Chantal Sutherland, this Kentucky-bred colt is breaking at the No. 3 gate in the Hutcheson Stakes. Super Chow finished second in the Swale Stakes after a first place finish in the Limehouse Stakes at Gulfstream. He covered six furlongs on dirt in 1:09.88 over Turbo and Two of a Kind.
He has placed first, second or third in seven races of his early career. Super Chow is a son of Lord Nelson with a pedigree going back to AP Indy. He has competed in sprints on dirt while racing for Lea Farms, LLC. Super Chow has raced at Florida tracks (Tampa Bay Downs and Gulfstream Park) his last three times.
Show: Live Is Life
He is also trained by Jorge Delgado and he raced at Gulfstream Park through his two-year-old and three-year-old career. Live Is Life starts at the No. 5 gate in this race with Leonel Reyes as his jockey. He finished third behind Tapit Trice and Shesterkin in an Allowance on Feb. 4.
Live Is Life finished in the money in six of eight races at Gulfstream both on dirt and on turf. Sired by West Coast, he went one mile and 1 mile and 70 yards in his last five competitive races at this South Florida horse track.