The 13th of January was not a Friday and not expected to be freaky but there were some freak occurrences that happened at Gulfstream Park that handicappers might be able to learn some things from with a look to the future.

Even though the meet was young, all 9 winners were shippers and they came from around the country and are all-noteworthy.

The opener, trained by the daughter of Patrick 'snake venom' Biancone, added the blinkers, went from turf to dirt, was coming off an off the board September venture and proceeded to pay $27.20.

Bright Array in the second half of the double was making the opposite move, dirt to turf, and the Penn National invader road the rails to victory to the sweet tune of 21-1.

Calder-based runner Milwaukee Wolf kept the long shot parade going in the next running down the speed from post 12 going a mile and paying $57. Owned by trainer Charlie Fontana, the win by this guy could point to a nice effort by the runner that beat him on New Year's Eve, Double Judge, who was overmatched the first time vs. winners.

Deona brought some sense of normalcy to the card cashing as the 2nd choice in the next race off a clever Hawthorne score to turn the natural hat track. Her trainer, Nick Canani, learned from one of the best, his Dad Julio.

Tampa shipper Streamin Heat overcame a slow start to win the fifth. The key lesson from this victory is that it reassures the fact that trainer Larry Rivelli can keep horses sound and going good once they get good. He is 31% with runners that won their last start.

Chalk finally prevailed in the 6th, as Decaf Again was calm and cool as a 3-2 winner after running 2nd in his Delaware finale.

a row for the favorites as he had drilled fast for underrated trainer Eddie Kenneally. There were two tip offs that he would run big. He was beaten by a repeater in the Churchill finale and he had posted a best of 26 bullet work at Palm Meadows Training Center.

The chalk contingent continued with Formidable getting a perfectly-time ride from Edgar Prado to hold on by a head after running out of the money at the Big A.

The runner proved the age-old adage of a horse for the course as he was winning his third career race, all at Gulfstream.

Chaos again closed the day as 12-1 Meadowlands invader Sun Pennies tow-roped a group of fillies all the way on the lead for classy trainer Barclay Tagg. Two things can be learned from how this miss won. First, she was just educated in a dirt sprint in lone start, now stretched out to 8 and a half furlongs on grass and just lulled them to sleep.

Tagg, who shows flat-bet profits with second shooters and with first time turf runners, proved again that he has very few peers as far as getting a horse to a race with serious intent.

The card was exciting; it showed in almost every way that winners can come from anywhere and that the handicapper that digs deep and searches for angles is the one that is left standing, and smiling, as the grandstands clear out.