Handicapping Gulfstream Park's All-Stakes Late Pick 4

It won't be hard to follow the marquee races March 2, because all nine North American graded stakes take place at Gulfstream Park.

Heading the 14-race program are the Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth (G2) and Davona Dale (G2) stakes, a pair of 85-point qualifiers (50-20-10-5) for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).

For multi-race wagers, Jaywalk, the Eclipse Award-winning juvenile filly, looms a potential free bingo square starting off her sophomore season in the Davona Dale.

The Fountain of Youth and Davona Dale are the middle legs of a late pick four with a $750,000 guaranteed pool. The sequence kicks off with the Honey Fox (G3T) for fillies and mares and concludes with the Mac Diarmida (G2T) for older males.

Those races are also part of a $500,000 late pick five that begins with race 10, a maiden special-weight event featuring several horses left in the wake of Fountain of Youth favorite Hidden Scroll on the rainy Pegasus World Cup undercard.

Also, a grassy maiden special for 3-year-old fillies kicks off a Rainbow 6 with a $750,000 guarantee if there is a single winning ticket.

Let's take a run at the pick four.

Honey Fox (GP, race 11, 4:30 ET): You can't have a filly-and-mare grass stakes without trainer Chad Brown, and he sends out Precieuse (1), who seeks her first win since the 2017 Poule d'Essai Des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas) (G1T) almost 22 months ago and figures to vie for favoritism with Bellavais (9), a decisive rail-skimming winner of the Marshua's River (G3T) over the local course last out.

Precieuse ran just once last year, when she made her U.S. debut off a layoff of more than 13 months and was beaten in a photo by stablemate Uni, who won all four of her starts last year capped by the Matriarch (G1T).

Valedictorian (2) is back three weeks after stealing the Suwanee River (G3T) in broad daylight through dawdling fractions. That was her fourth win in six turf starts since last July, and the key in this race will be how much pace pressure she receives from La Signare (4). The latter was eased back off the early leader in the Marshua's River when making her seasonal bow, but wired the Wonder Again (G3T) last June.

Dolce Lili (10), a close second to Bellavais last fall in a high-end optional claimer, won the South Beach here recently despite slipping around the first turn over yielding ground.

Fire Key (3) has been a solid six-furlong runner the past couple seasons in New York, but could be sitting on a big effort after rallying for third in the South Beach second time back from a layoff.

A - 1

B - 2, 9

C - 3, 4, 10

Davona Dale (GP, race 12, 5:01 ET): Cathryn Sophia won the 2016 edition of this race before eventually going on to win the Kentucky Oaks for John Servis, who brings Jaywalk (1) back for her first start since cementing a divisional title in the Tito's Handmade Vodka Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) four months ago. Jaywalk handled an inside post taking the one-mile Frizette (G1) out of the chute at Belmont Park, and she is more than quick enough to control the pace against six opponents that don't have a great deal of early speed.

For those looking to blow things up, potential bust-outs Another Time (3) and Champagne Anyone (5) require some imagination.

Another Time stumbled at the start and narrowly missed second in the Gasparilla Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs first time on dirt. Her sire, Munnings , won the Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship (G2) in his only start over the track. Champagne Anyone galloped out with good energy after running a close third in the Forward Gal (G3) first time out this year.

A - 1

B - none

C - 3, 5

Fountain of Youth (GP, race 13, 5:32 ET): Questions abound in the deepest Derby prep thus far. Contenders like Code of Honor (1), Vekoma (5) and Hidden Scroll (7) all try two turns for the first time; the stakes-seasoned Signalman (6) makes his first appearance since a gutsy win in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2); and recent first-level allowance winners Bourbon War (4) and Global Campaign (8) get a class check.

Juddmonte Farms homebred Hidden Scroll was a jaw-dropping debut winner for Bill Mott five weeks ago, splashing away by 14 lengths while hardly drawing a deep breath. It's obviously a big jump in class, but recall Hofburg came back from a six-month absence to post his maiden win at 7-1 here last winter, and returned four weeks later to run a bang-up second in the Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) for these connections. Hidden Scroll toyed with a workmate breezing five furlongs in 1:00 flat last week, and it should surprise no one if he is the real deal.

Vekoma was put away after winning both starts last fall, beginning with a maiden win over Epic Dreamer (2), who set the pace to deep stretch in the Fasig-Tipton Holy Bull (G2) last month. Vekoma then won the Nashua (G3) despite looking a bit green changing leads in the stretch, after which trainer George Weaver opted to bypass the Remsen in order to let the May foal do some maturing.

Weaver's four meet winners include Breaking Lucky off a 69-day layoff, Fed Fever off an 83-day layoff, and the first-time starters Mo's Ride and Point of Honor (who subsequently took the Suncoast at Tampa Bay Downs), so expect Vekoma to fire fresh.

A - 7

B - 4, 5, 6

Mac Diarmida (GP, race 14, 6:06 ET): Channel Maker (11) drew the far outside post for this three-turn affair at 11 furlongs, but based on a front-end victory in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1T) last fall he is capable of clearing to the lead early. It's difficult to say what the game plan was for him in the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1T), when he was unhurried and checked while wide early. It's also noteworthy he took a seven-pound weight allowance for horses racing without Lasix, but Lasix is back in place Saturday.

Hunter O'Riley (4) raced wide and wound up fourth behind Zulu Alpha (6) in the William L. McKnight (G3T) on the World Cup undercard, but that was his Hunter O'Riley's first outing in nine months and getting back on firm turf will help him.

Firm ground will also benefit Highland Sky (8), who caught soft turf twice against Channel Maker last year. He has been away just over five months, but won off a July-to-February layoff over the course in 2017, and also took the 2016 Cutler Bay off an October-to-March hiatus here.

A - 4, 11

B - 6, 8