At the end of the 19th century, Col. Edward Riley Bradley—a self-proclaimed gambler, bookmaker, and owner/manager of several casinos—was informed by his doctor that a more outdoor lifestyle might be beneficial to his health. Something as simple as taking walks or hikes might have done the trick, but this was much too slow-paced for Bradley. In his mind, the most sensible thing to do was start a racing stable, where he could benefit from outdoor living while simultaneously building an empire in a sport deeply intertwined with gambling. What a picture-perfect scenario!
Month: June 2020
Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout On Special Tuesday Card At Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park's special Tuesday program will feature mandatory payouts of the 20-cent Rainbow 6, 50-cent Late Pick 5 and $1 Super Hi 5.
First race post at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track is noon Eastern. The Rainbow 6 begins with Race 4, a maiden event for fillies and mares going five furlongs on the turf.
There will be three turf races in the sequence, including the seventh race, an allowance optional claiming event at five furlongs for 3-year-olds with a purse of $54,500. The sequence wraps up with another five furlong turf event for claiming fillies and mares.
Multiple tickets with six winners Sunday were each worth $9,004.40.
The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.
NOTE: Waterford Stables LLC's Summer in the City, a 3-year-old filly by Summer Front, drove past a game She's Just Quality under jockey Edgard Zayas down the stretch to win Sunday's sixth race, a maiden special weight event over a mile turf course. Making her third start for trainer Todd Pletcher, Summer in the City covered the mile in 1:35.98… Zayas rode three winners Sunday. Along with Summer in the City he won the fourth aboard Gran Old Parr ($4.80) and the 10th on Lovely Luvy ($5.80).
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Tiz The Law Favored At 2-1 In Latest Kentucky Derby Future Wager
With the rescheduled Kentucky Derby 10 weeks away, Belmont Stakes (Grade I) winner Tiz the Law closed as the 2-1 favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager with Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner Honor A. P. the 6-1 second choice.
The pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Old Males” closed as the 8-1 third choice and was followed in the betting by the Bob Baffert-trained duo of Santa Anita Derby runner-up Authentic at 11-1 and impressive seven-length debut winner Uncle Chuck at 13-1. Another horse that attracted attention was unbeaten Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby leader Café Pharoah, who closed at 14-1.
Horses in order of favoritism in the three-day June 26-28 KDFW Pool 5 (Odds and $2 Win Will Pays): #21 Tiz the Law (2-1, $6.40); #10 Honor A. P. (6-1, $14.60); #24 “All Other 3-Year-Old Males” (8-1, $18.60); #2 Authentic (11-1, $25.80); #22 Uncle Chuck (13-1, $29.60); #4 Café Pharoah (14-1, $31.80); #5 Cezanne (19-1, $40); #1 Art Collector (20-1, $43.60); #7 Dr Post (20, $43.80); #13 Max Player (24-1, $50.40); #11 King Guillermo (29-1, $60); #8 Enforceable (46-1, $95.60); #20 Thousand Words (47-1, $96.60); #23 “All 3-Year-Old Fillies” (24-1, $50.40); #3 Basin (53-1, $108.60); #9 Ete Indien (53-1, $109.40); #6 Creed (54-1, $110.60); #16 Mystic Guide (54-1, $111.80); #18 Pneumatic (56-1, $114.40); #17 Ny Traffic (57-1, $117); #12 Man in the Can (69-1, $140.60); #14 Money Moves (75-1, $153.20); #15 Mr. Big News (78-1, $158.60); and #19 Rushie (104-1, $201.60).
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager, offered for a 22nd consecutive year, enables bettors to wager on possible Kentucky Derby contenders in advance of America's greatest race at odds that could be more attractive than those available on the day of the race.
On March 17, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI), the 1 1/4-mile classic for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds, would be rescheduled from Saturday, May 2, to Saturday, Sept. 5, amid public health concerns in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total handle for Pool 5 of the KDFW was $337,607 ($219,946 in the Win pool and $117,661 in Exactas).
Dates for the remaining 2020 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks future pools are July 17-19 (Pool 6) and Aug. 7-9 (Pool 7). Pool 2 of the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with the Derby's Pool 6 on 17-19.
Visit www.KentuckyDerby.com/FutureWager for more information.
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Motion: New York Performance Moves Mean Mary To ‘The Next Level’
Alex G. Campbell Jr.'s homebred Mean Mary, with Luis Saez up, showed no mercy in a frontrunning tour de force to capture the Grade 2, $250,000 New York; a 1 1/4-mile turf route on a rainy Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
The dark bay daughter of Scat Daddy, out of the Grade 1-winning Dynaformer mare Karlovy Vary, earned a career-best 101 Beyer, breaking triple digits for the first time. She improved her record to five wins from seven starts, including the last four on the trot which includes scores in the Grade 3 La Prevoyante and Grade 3 Orchid at Gulfstream Park.
“She just continues to impress and amaze me with the ease that she does things. Yesterday's performance puts her to the next level,” said Motion. “It was in the back of our minds that her most impressive performances had been at Gulfstream on a fast, firm turf course, but now it's a whole new ball game doing what she did yesterday at Belmont.”
Motion said Saez, undefeated in four starts aboard Mean Many, was all smiles after the impressive score.
“I don't ever remember seeing a jockey get off a horse and get such a kick out of riding her. That's pretty cool to see,” said Motion. “And I think the mare really enjoys it. She just loves getting out there and is so determined. I sometimes wonder if she knows there are horses behind her. She showed yesterday that she's special.”
Motion said the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana, a nine-furlong test on August 23 at Saratoga, is a logical next spot for Mean Mary as he charts a course to the 1 3/16-miles Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf on November 7 at Keeneland.
“The decision will be where to go next in order to get her to the Breeders' Cup. I think the mile and an eight and being a Grade 1 makes sense,” said Motion regarding the Diana. “It's a strong possibility, but it's a long way off. She's had plenty of racing this mare, and I don't want to overdo it with her in order to have her at her best at the end of the year.
“Mr. Campbell is from Lexington and Keeneland is his favorite racetrack,” added Motion. “For me, to be able to get her to the Breeders' Cup, there would be a dream.”
Andrew Stone's Mrs. Sippy scratched out of the New York, but Motion said the 5-year-old Blame mare is under consideration for the River Memories on July 12 Closing Day of the Belmont spring/summer meet, or the Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial on July 11 at Delaware Park.
“We took her to the starting gate on Thursday as she hadn't run for over six month and she tied up a little bit so that excluded her from being able to run on Saturday,” said Motion. “There's a race up there in two weeks and there's also the Robert Dick at Delaware, which is where she'll probably end up.”
Mrs. Sippy captured the Grade 2 Glens Falls in August in her North American debut for Motion. Following a second in the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational at Belmont in October, she was off-the-board in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf.
Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Wonder Stables' Crystal Cliffs, with Hall of Famer John Velazquez up, missed by a head to Harvey's Lil Goil in Saturday's Grade 3 Regret at Churchill Downs in just her second start for Motion.
The 3-year-old Canford Cliffs bay graduated in December at Pau in her native France for former conditioner Didier Guillemin and won at first asking for Motion in a May 31 allowance event at Churchill Downs.
Motion said he will point Canford Cliffs to the $500,000 Saratoga Oaks, a 1 3/16-miles turf test at Saratoga.
“I really like her. Johnny was frustrated yesterday. We felt with a different trip or another jump she wins the race,” said Motion. “She was a little unlucky. Logically, we'll point her for the mile and three-sixteenths race at Saratoga.
“We ran her back pretty quickly in four weeks, which I don't like to do first race after a layoff but the race yesterday made sense. She's a real quality filly.”
Motion boasts a strong contingent of sophomore fillies this season, including popular Maryland-bred Sharing who won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in November and was a strong second last out in the Group 1 Coronation on June 1 at Ascot.
“We've got some really nice 3-year-old fillies this year. It's very exciting,” said Motion.
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