Mr. Ed's Best Bets for Gulfstream Park on Saturday, March 16

ONE TOTE OVER THE LINE or TAMPA BAY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM: Don’t believe all you’ve read or heard about last Saturday’s outage at Tampa Bay Downs. After conducting exhaustive research with sources at the Florida track and elsewhere throughout the racing industry, Mr. Ed has discovered the root cause of the fiasco: His VSiN.com Longshot of the Day #5 Waskesiu winning the 10th race, coupled with #7 Style Points, to generate a combined Win, Place and Exacta return of $244. The Tampa Bay tote system simply crashed under the crushing weight of Mr. Ed’s predicted, yet improbable score. Needless to say, Mr. Ed and all his loyal VSiN.com followers enjoyed cashing juicy tickets.

MR. ED’S DERBY DOZEN (current Circa odds): 1-Sierra Leone (8-1); 2-DORNOCH*(8-1) 3-Timberlake (9-1); 4-Track Phantom (10-1); 5-Forever Young (12-1); 6-Speak Easy (15-1); 7-Deterministic (20-1); 8-Domestic Product (20-1); 9-Mystik Dan (25-1) and Conquest Warrior (25-1).

*Mr. Ed’s current choice

RETURN TO GULFSTREAM: With no Derby-points races scheduled anywhere today, Mr. Ed returns to his Winter wagering home in hopes of building on last week’s profitable day at Tampa Bay Downs. Looking ahead on the Kentucky Derby Trail, he plans to bet Oaklawn Park for Louisiana Derby day on March 23, return to Gulfstream for the Florida Derby card on March 30, and report in person on the Bluegrass Stakes from Keeneland on April 6. First post today for Gulfstream’s super-challenging 12-race card is 1:10 p.m. ET/10:10 a.m. PT.

MR. ED’S BEST BETS AT GULFSTREAM PARK

Race 2 (1:39 p.m. ET/10:39 a.m. PT) — Maiden claiming, 7 ½ furlongs on turfI like three: #3 HABERDASHERY (12-1 morning line) with Jose Ortiz riding shipper from Tampa Bay; #5 RAPSCALLION (5-1) with brother Irad picking up mount, and #7 OCALA ROCKET (4-1) for trainer Bill Mott with Junior Alvarado in the irons.

MR. ED’S GULFSTREAM BET: $5 EXACTA BOX OF 3,5,7. ($30)