August, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Corona Virus Cancels National Children’s Riding Competition

Kentucky Horse Shows LLC and the US Equestrian Federation jointly released a statement that the last day of competition in the Kentucky Summer Classic was cancelled, as was the 2020 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm event that was to start Tuesday. Four people tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing symptoms; two were from a barn that had travelled to the event and one other was a braider who had been in multiple barns.

The cancellation of competition will allow the competition organizer time to sanitize the venue and determine if competitions slated to go later in August are able to commence safely. Individuals who attended the competition have been notified of the positive test results. Show management is also asking those people who tested positive for a list of whom they were in close contact with from 48 hours before their symptoms arose so that those people might be notified directly of their potential exposure.

Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 within 14 days after a sanctioned competition must notify the competition organizer and US Equestrian.

$13,744.50 Payout In NYRA’s Cross Country Pick 5

Saturday's Cross Country Pick 5 paid $13,744.50 for selecting all five winners for the 50-cent wager that encompassed live racing from Saratoga Race Course, Monmouth Park and Woodbine Racetrack. The sequence's total pool was $113,192.

Woodbine commenced the wager when Olliemyboy defeated Belichick by two lengths to capture a maiden special weight in Race 9. Trained by Sid Attard, Olliemyboy returned $15.50 on a $2 win wager, completing 1 1/8 miles on the all-weather track in 1:51.69 under jockey Patrick Husbands.

Monmouth started the stakes action when Hopeful Growth pulled of an 11-1 upset in the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks in Race 11. Trained by Anthony Margotta, Jr., Hopeful Growth, ridden by Antonio Gallardo, pulled away by four lengths in the 1 1/16-mile trek that awarded 50-20-10-5 qualifying points to September's Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Project Whiskey, Eve of War and Dream Marie rounded out the superfecta to acquire those points.

Saratoga hosted the first of its two legs in the sequence when Improbable posted a two-length win in the prestigious Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles in Race 9. Off at 3-1, Improbable bested the five-horse field and gave Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his second consecutive Whitney win [McKinzie last year], paying $8.50. Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. won his second Whitney in the last three years, as Improbable tracked Mr. Buff's early speed before finishing strong, hitting the wire in 1:48.65 for his second consecutive Grade 1 win.

Artistico won an optional claiming race in Woodbine's Race 10 in the fourth race of the Cross Country Pick 5. Conditioned by Sylvain Pion and ridden by Rafael Hernandez, Artistico returned $10.90 for the 1 3/8-mile turf route.

Saratoga concluded the wager when Echo Town notched a 3 ½-length score in the Grade 1, $300,000 H. Allen Jerkens presented by Runhappy in Race 10. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, Echo Town completed the seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds in 1:22.53 under Ricardo Santana, Jr. Echo Town paid $16.40.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on track, on ADW platforms, and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.

Echo Town winning the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes

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Nyquist Colt Posts Easy Win at Woodbine

6th-Woodbine, C$108,646, Msw, 8-2, 2yo, 6f (AWT) (off turf), 1:09.84, ft.
GRETZKY THE GREAT (c, 2, Nyquist–Pearl Turn {MSP, $182,560}, by Bernardini), sent off the hot 1-2 choice, jumped out to an early advantage, led through splits of :22.77 and :45.09 and turned on all boosters late, crossing the wire 4 1/2 lengths ahead of Liars Club (Broken Vow). The Ontario bred kicked off his career for Mark Casse with a second-place effort sprinting five panels over the local turf July 12 behind Ready to Repeat (More Than Ready), who would go on to air in the Victoria S. later on this card. Gretzky the Great’s victory made him the second winner for his freshman sire (by Uncle Mo). The Darley stallion recorded his third winner minutes later in Saratoga’s sixth race with Lady Lilly. Gretzky the Great has a yearling half-brother by Quality Road and his dam, who was multiple stakes-place routing on the dirt before being acquired for $310,000 by David Anderson in foal to Pioneerof the Nile at KEENOV ’16, was bred to Nyquist’s sire for 2021. Gretzky the Great is bred on the same Uncle Mo–Bernardini cross as GISW Mo Town and Grade II winners Modernist and Mopotism. Sales history: $295,000 RNA Ylg ’19 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $61,234. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gary Barber; B-Anderson Farms Ont. Inc. (ON); T-Mark E. Casse.

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Midshipman’s Wink Wires the Colleen

Wink, a debut winner at this trip over the Belmont lawn June 12, made it two-for-two with a front-running victory at Monmouth Sunday. The chestnut filly sprinted right out to the early lead and raced keenly through an opening quarter in :21.12. In front by three lengths entering the straight, the favorite held sway over her late-closing stablemate Flying Aletha.

“We liked her as soon as we got her on the grass,” said winning trainer Wesley Ward. “You put her on the turf and she flies. She’s all go and she’s five-eighths, so this suited her perfectly. She’s a very fast filly.”

Flying Aletha, a first-out winner in an off-turfer at Gulfstream in May, was making her stateside return following a 10th-place effort in the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot June 19.

“She is going to be all right,” Ward said of the runner-up. “She went over to Ascot and came back and that can take a little toll on them sometimes, but she ran a good race here. I wasn’t quite sure which one was better. Wink showed us a lot on the grass, but the other one looked very good when we had her in Florida. Flying Aletha is a bigger filly, so maybe the longer they go the better she will be.”

In foal to Midnight Storm, Dancing My Way sold for $2,500 at the 2018 Keeneland November sale. Her Midnight Storm filly sold for $25,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November sale. The mare produced a filly by Good Samaritan this year and was bred back to Maximus Mischief. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

COLLEEN S., $76,500, Monmouth, 8-2, 2yo, f, 5fT, :56.74, fm.
1–WINK, 120, f, 2, by Midshipman
                1st Dam: Dancing My Way, by Wildcat Heir
                2nd Dam: Clever Me, by Not For Love
                3rd Dam: Lady Clever Trick, by Clever Trick
($50,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $110,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Tony
Citarrella & RAM Racing (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward; J-Antonio A.
Gallardo. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $80,200.
2–Flying Aletha, 120, f, 2, Tiznow–Afleet Honey, by Uncle Mo.
($100,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $175,000 Ylg ’19 FTKJUL). O-CJ
Thoroughbreds; B-Tami D Bobo (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.
$15,000.
3–Kewpie Doll, 118, f, 2, Street Boss–Burning Faith, by Cat
Thief. ($7,500 Ylg ’19 FTKOCT). O-Maxis Stable; B-Allen
Poindexter & Kevin Welsh (KY); T-Cathal A. Lynch. $7,500.
Margins: 3/4, 2 1/4, 2. Odds: 1.20, 1.90, 11.90.
Also Ran: Stellar Grace, My Beautiful Belle, Mavilus, Moochie. Scratched: Steal My Sunshine.

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