Book’em Danno took no prisoners in his 3-year-old debut, delivering an arresting performance in the $125,000 Pasco Stakes on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.  Sweeping five to six paths wide around the Pasco’s one turn, Book’em Danno was ridden like he was the best horse in the race, a presumption he validated winning by 12 1/2 lengths despite significant ground loss.   The victory hardly came as a surprise: Book’em Danno paid $2.20 as the 1-9 favorite. West Saratoga, the second choice, finished a distant second, with Rathmore third. Trying to sneak through along the rail around the turn, West Saratoga was checked in tight quarters, trouble that occurred as Book’em Danno was moving easily to the lead on the far outside. West Saratoga’s jockey and the rider of fourth place El Principito both claimed foul against Samuel Marin on Book’em Danno, objections that were quickly dismissed.  :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. Book’em Danno ran seven furlongs on a fast track in 1:23.26, 1.43 seconds faster than the winning time two races earlier in the Gasparilla Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. Crazy Mason, who likely would have been third choice, was scratched, leaving a field of just six.  Book’em Danno is not only an excellent New Jersey-bred, he simply is a talented 3-year-old gelding, adding the Pasco to open stakes wins last year in the Smoke Glacken at Monmouth Park and the Futurity at Belmont. Book’em Danno ended his campaign with a second-place finish after setting the pace in the one-mile Nashua Stakes, a defeat trainer Derek Ryan attributed to Book’em Danno racing on the lead.  Indeed, Book’em Danno seems more comfortable with a target than as a target. Marin let him settle in fifth during the early stages, his mount loping along until quietly asked to come into contention, which he did rapidly and easily. The race was all but over at the three-sixteenths pole, and Book’em Danno appears to be a bigger, stronger version of the horse who showed spark as a summer 2-year-old.  Book’em Danno is by Bucchero out of Adorabella, by Ghostzapper, and campaigns for the Atlantic Six Racing Stable. Ryan last week mentioned the Saudi Derby next month, a one-turn mile at King Abdulaziz Racecourse, as a potential goal for the gelding. The way he looked Saturday in his first start since Nov. 5, Book’em Danno would not be overmatched in that $1.5 million contest.  Mystic Lake goes gate-to-wire in Gasparilla  Mystic Lake’s second dirt start went far better than her first as the 3-year-old filly led from start to finish in the $125,000 Gasparilla Stakes.   Popping to the lead from post 1 under Edgard Zayas, Mystic Lake held a clear lead to upper stretch, and after 87-1 chance Corinth crept within a half-length of her at the stretch call, Mystic Lake bore down and tallied by three-quarters of a length. Gorgeous Girl, third choice at 4-1, managed second, two lengths ahead of fading Corinth. Second-choice Girvin’s Princess never factored, checking in fifth.   Saffie Joseph Jr. trains Mystic Lake for C2 Racing Stable and Stefania Farms. Mystic Lake, a Florida-bred by Mo Town out of Salty Soul, by Itsmyluckyday, paid $3.60 as the favorite and ran seven furlongs on a fast main track in a modest 1:24.69.  Mystic Lake merited such strong favoritism based on her stakes-placed form at Woodbine, but her three starts in Canada came over a synthetic surface, and Mystic Lake had lost by 24 lengths in her career debut, her lone previous dirt race. The filly had no issue with the surface Saturday, skipping to the front and never looking back.  Opus Forty Two does much of her best work at Tampa Bay. Winner of a maiden race and the Gasparilla Stakes last winter, Opus Forty Two was much the best Saturday in the $50,000 Wayward Lass for older fillies and mares. Jockey Daniel Centeno had a ton of horse underneath him turning for home in the Wayward Lass, eventually finding his way around a wall of horses to go onto a three-quarters length victory over favored Dream Concert. Trained by Arnaud Delacour for Mark Grier, Opus Forty Two, a 4-year-old daughter of Mendelssohn, paid $8.40 as the third choice and ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.90.  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.