Decision for Dec 8 Venue . . .

[JolyB]

To me, it's the other 5 races at Gulfstream that would drive us to drink (given the races involved, perhaps to Rum and Coca-Cola if you remember the Andrews Sisters' song). Gulfstream is hosting the Clasico del Caribe on Saturday, and the race conditions for the top 5 stakes races (the ones for other than 2 year olds) limit entrants to horses bred "in a Representative Country of the Confederation Hipica del Caribe."

I can't speak for all of us, but I have a lot of trouble distinguishing between the quality of races for horses shipping from Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

Just to throw out another option for your consideration, the Southern California circuit moves to Los Alamitos, and this Saturday the card will include both the G1 Cash Call Futurity for 2 year old colts and the Grade 1 Starlet for 2 year old fillies.