All eyes will be on Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park, but don’t lose sight of the lucrative card Friday, Jan. 24. In particular, consider playing the 50-cent Late Pick 4 that features three double-digit sized fields and offers $282,000 in purses without a stakes race in the sequence.

GP 7th race (3:42 p.m. EST) -- IT’S BOURBON THIRTY finished between three next-out winners in a grass route that produced a 10-cent superfecta payout of more than $25,000 when last seen eight months ago. He returns as a gelding, will be overlooked in the wagering from a low-profile barn and is a viable longshot option. CIAO CHUCK owns the top two turf speed figures in the field but he was ‘one-paced’ through the stretch off a decent 4-wide stalking trip last out. COGNOSCENTI followed the move of a next-out repeat winner and just missed with a rail burst at 34-1 in his debut. He worked in :47-2/5 since and takes a confident class hike. TUCSON is working up a storm since his first start for Pletcher, when he tracked the pace 5-wide and was floated wider in a race where outside was the place to be. SIR MAGESTRATE, whose dam was multiple stakes-placed on the lawn in France, hails from the high-percentage layoff barn of trainer Bill Mott and makes the ticket at a big price. MUSTA’ED worked a bullet on the turf but debuted on the synthetic track for a barn on a 21-for-92 run with second-time starters.

GP 8th race (4:12 p.m. EST) -- CAJUN’S CHOICE worked his way through traffic on the turn, angled 6-wide in the stretch and closed powerfully to just miss catching the winning favorite, who sat a good trip. He won’t be 40-1 today but he still adds value to the Pick 4 and can win with a duplicate effort. CHARGE OFF’S change of tactics backfired when he set a fast pace under pressure from the 2-1 winner and back-pedaled to last. He lacked stretch kick in the race prior, a productive all-weather track route race that produced 1-2-3 finishers and three 72-plus Beyer speed figures. He runs for the cheapest claiming tag of his career and lures Irad Ortiz Jr. to ride.

GP 9th race (4:42 p.m. EST) -- If today’s featured $97,000 allowance stays on the turf, RISK THRESHOLD, a runaway entry-level allowance winner in New York off similar rest and stakes-placed last out, will have to carry her speed beyond 6F for the second time in her career. But at 9-5 on the morning line with several speed types that could keep her honest, use a couple late runners on the ticket. BEDAZZLE EM is a must use off her winning rail rally at 6-1/2F on the Kentucky Downs turf two back. The 20-1 upset was validated when five of the rivals she beat came back to win, four with 80-plus speed figures. GLORIA’S PRINCESS, who showed some versatility with a middle move into contention at 1-1/16 miles, could be poised to strike in her second start off a nine-month layoff.

GP 10th race (5:12 p.m. EST) -- Going 4-deep in a wide-open finale at 1-1/8-miles. BE LIKE CLINT, first or second in 11 of 20 starts on synthetic tracks, was well-beaten last out but could be favored again to bounce back. FREEDOM ROAD’S six-race winning streak, spanning several tracks and distances, ended with a near miss at Churchill Downs. TIZ ROMANTIC upstaged several runner-up finishes with his first win in more than a year, catching morning-line favorite AMERICAN SPEED at the same distance. SPEEDY HANS is 31/6-6-6 on synthetic tracks and stretches out in distance off the re-claim.

Suggested 50-Cent Ticket
GP 7th Race: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
GP 8th Race: 4, 9
GP 9th Race: 3, 4, 8
GP 10th Race: 2, 3, 6, 8
Cost: $72