Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, June 13
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Saturday's meetings at Leicester, Newbury, Doncaster and Sandown.
Month: June 2020
Saturday’s Insights: Dangerous Duo for Brown at Belmont
DANGEROUS DUO FOR BROWN
7th-BEL, $64K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 4:32p.m.
Turf maestro Chad Brown unveils a dangerous duo here, including 2019 OBS April $440,000 Peter Brant purchase DOVIMA (Union Rags), who caught the eye with a :20 4/5 breeze at that sale. With three bullets at Payson out of her last five works, the half to MGSW Secret Gypsy (Sea of Secrets) looks to be sitting on go. Brown also brings firster Cost Benefit (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who brought just 40,000 guineas from Klaravich Stables as a Tattersalls October yearling, but sports turf quality throughout her family. Her dam is a half to European champion Zomaradah (GB) (Deploy {GB}), who produced MG1SW and leading European sire Dubawi (Ire) (Dubai Millennium {GB}), while an earlier generation was responsible for European champion and Breeders’ Cup winner In the Wings (GB) (Sadler’s Wells). Morning line longshot (20-1) Hill d’Oro (Medaglia d’Oro) is a full-sister to last year’s GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. and GI Del Mar Oaks winner, Cambier Parc. Three other half-sisters are all graded winners, while their dam, Sealy Hill (Point Given), was named Horse of the Year in Canada just over a decade ago. Hill d’Oro was a $425,000 Keeneland September purchase and will wear the colors of Whisper Hill Farm.
RISING STARS CLASH
10th-CD, $81K, AOC, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 5:50p.m.
Two ‘TDN Rising Stars’ take center stage in a face-off beneath the Twin Spires. SCOLDING (Carpe Diem) geared down to win by six lengths in her ultra-impressive May 2 Oaklawn debut and secure an 80 Beyer. The $475,000 OBS April (:20 3/5) graduate races for Phoenix Thoroughbred III and was the second-priciest juvenile buy of her sire’s first crop. Remanded (Elusive Quality) picked off rivals in an Arazi-style move for her ‘Rising Star’ debut Feb. 16 at Gulfstream and she’s kept up a steady work tab since. Trained by Cherie DeVaux for the partnership of her husband, David Ingordo, and Manganaro Bloodstock, the $75,000 Keeneland September yearling was a $190,000 buyback at OBS April (:10 1/5).
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Churchill R.E.I.N. Fund Providing COVID-19 Economic Relief
The Churchill Downs Foundation has launched the Relief for Equine Industry Needs (“R.E.I.N.”) to assist members of the racing community that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced Friday.
The R.E.I.N. Fund will specifically address the needs of backstretch communities by providing meals, micro-grants and financial assistance with emergency needs as well as the fulfillment of essential care for horses.
One of the earliest supporters of the R.E.I.N. Fund has been trainer Jack Sisterson, who announced in early May that he would donate a portion of his horse’s purse earnings to the cause.
“Horsemen are the most generous people I know,” Sisterson said. “With us being so fortunate to reopen our business, all the horsemen I talk to say, ‘I wish I could help the less fortunate.'”
Jockeys Tyler Gaffalione and Julien Leparoux and owner Skychai Racing, have also pledged to donate a portion of their earnings to the R.E.I.N. Fund.
“I made a deal with Jack at the beginning of the meet to help the cause,” Gaffalione said. “It’s such a great cause and it’s a way for us to easily give back to those less fortunate on the racetrack.”
As a result of the success of the R.E.I.N. Fund, the Churchill Downs Foundation has already aided several members of the horse racing community when they returned to Churchill Downs in mid-May. Applications for aid within the racing community can be sent to CDIFoundation@kyderby.com. An advisory committee will then review the applications.
Visit www.churchilldowns.com/horsemen/rein for more information.
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Five Things To Know About The 100th Middleburg Spring Races
This Saturday in Virginia, the Middleburg Spring Races will be celebrating 100 years of racing. And aside from the 100th anniversary milestone, the National Steeplechase Association (NSA) announced this week that the event is the season’s first jump race after a hiatus because of the pandemic.
