Month: October 2020

Weaver Racing’s Cindy Hutter Named Finalist for Leadership Award in Racing

Congratulations to Cindy Hutter, one of three finalists in the Leadership Award in Racing category of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (TIEA), presented by Godolphin. Currently assistant trainer at George Weaver Racing, whose principal also happens to be her husband, Hutter grew up in Pennsylvania and knew from about the time she was 15 that she wanted a life with horses. One of her earliest employers was Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, whom she stayed with for eight years until leaving with Todd Pletcher to become his assistant trainer when he went out on his own. Hutter has been in the industry for 35 years.

“I have so much respect for her,” said Weaver’s assistant at Belmont, Blair Golen. “She would never ask you to do something that she wouldn’t do herself. She expects the best from us every day, but that is because she gives her best every day.”

Click for the video feature on Hutter done by TIEA.

Other finalists for the Leadership Award in Racing are Carmen McShane of D/M Racing and Roy Smith of Indiana Grand Racing and Casino, who will be recognized on these pages tomorrow. The Leadership Award in Racing is presented annually to an individual who is part of a Thoroughbred racing stable in a managerial or supervisory role and displays exceptional leadership qualities.

A total of seven award categories will be honored by TIEA for 2020. Maria Cristina Silva of New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA) has already been announced as the winner of the Community Award, while the winners in the other categories will be announced live in a virtual ceremony hosted by Jill Byrne and streamed at the TDN homepage Thursday, Nov. 5, at 12:00 p.m. ET. All finalists will be spotlighted in TDN in the days leading up to the ceremony.

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Sunday’s Santa Anita Card Features Mandatory Payouts In All Exotic Wagers

Santa Anita's 16-day Autumn Meet will draw to a close on Sunday, as the track will offer an 11-race card and mandatory payouts in all exotic wagers, including the popular 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot.

Special early first post time on Sunday has been set at 12:30 p.m.

Sunday's Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot will be comprised of races six through 11. Approximate post time for Sunday's sixth is at 3 p.m. PT.

The Grade 2, $200,000 Goldikova Stakes, for fillies and mares three and up at one mile on turf, has been carded as Sunday's ninth race with a competitive group of seven distaffers, headed by the Phil D'Amato-conditioned Raymundos Secret, set to compete.

With a Rainbow Six Jackpot carryover of $86,130 up for grabs into Friday's nine-race card, track officials project Sunday's total Jackpot pool could approach $1 million.

Santa Anita's races and its entire simulcast production is offered live and free of charge at santaanita.com. Fans are encouraged to tune in early on Sunday for the track's pre-race handicapping seminar, featuring Track Announcer Frank Mirahmadi and host Tom Quigley as they dissect the entire 11-race card beginning at 11:20 a.m.

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Raymundos Secret Chasing Third Straight Win In Sunday’s Goldikova

In top form and bidding for her third consecutive win, trainer Phil D'Amato's Raymundos Secret, along with Simon Callaghan's classy Maxim Rate, head a field of seven fillies and mares three and up going one mile on turf in Sunday's Grade 2, $200,000 Goldikova Stakes at Santa Anita.

A gutty gate to wire winner of the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes going a mile and one eighth on turf Sept. 5, Raymundos Secret should relish the cutback in distance, as she's won four out of her five starts at a flat mile.

Second in the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive at a mile and one quarter on turf here Sept. 26, Maxim Rate has three wins from six tries at one mile on grass and will be ridden by Umberto Rispoli, who guided her to a pair of wins this past summer at Del Mar.

RAYMUNDOS SECRET

Owner: Sierra Racing & Sterling Stables, LLC

Trainer: Phil D'Amato

Idle since October of last year, this 4-year-old Florida-bred filly was off at 4-5 and stalked the pace en route to taking a second condition allowance by a neck at one mile on turf Aug. 14 in what was her first start for D'Amato. Off as the 7-5 favorite in the Grade 2 Mabee on Sept. 5, she held sway by a neck under Flavien Prat, who rides on Sunday and is now a perfect three for three with her. A first-out maiden $32,000 claiming winner at one mile on grass Jan. 16, 2019, Raymundos Secret now has five wins from seven starts as she bids for her second consecutive Grade 2 victory.

MAXIM RATE

Owner: Slam Dunk Racing & James D. Branham

Trainer: Simon Callaghan

A one mile turf allowance winner on July 10 at Del Mar, this 4-year-old Exchange Rate filly gutted out a game neck victory in an ungraded stakes going a mile and three eighths on Aug. 16. Most recently second, beaten 1 ¼ lengths in the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive at a mile and one quarter on turf Sept. 26 with Luis Saez, she'll be reunited with Rispoli on Sunday as she seeks her second graded stakes victory. With an overall mark of 12-4-3-0, she has earnings of $282,185.

THE GRADE 2 GOLDIKOVA STAKES WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 9 of 11 Approximate post time 4:30 p.m. PT

  1. Hang a Star—Victor Espinoza—122
  2. Maxim Rate—Umberto Rispoli—124
  3. Raymundos Secret—Flavien Prat—126
  4. Atomic Blonde—Mike Smith—122
  5. Zee Drop—Mario Gutierrez—122
  6. Silberpfeil—Juan Hernandez—124
  7. Tonahutu—Abel Cedillo–122

First post time for an 11-race card on Sunday, which is closing day of Santa Anita's current Autumn Meeting, is at 12:30 p.m. There will be mandatory payouts in the 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot and all other exotic wagers. Santa Anita's races and entire simulcast production can be viewed live and free of charge at santaanita.com.

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