January, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Seven Races Daily For Royal Ascot

Her Majesty The Queen has given her consent for Royal Ascot to consist of seven-race cards following the successful addition of races to the five-day meeting in 2020.

The enforced late start to the Flat season last year in Britain amid the coronavirus crisis saw the introduction of the Copper Horse S., the Palace of Holyroodhouse S. and the Golden Gates S., while the Buckingham Palace S. was reinstated. The meeting also included 'Silver' versions of the Royal Hunt Cup and the Wokingham S. which have not been retained for 2021 but, along with the four races named above, the 2021 meeting will also include the new Kensington Palace S., a 0-105 handicap over the Old Mile for fillies and mares aged four and up.

“A positive that we drew from Royal Ascot 2020 was that the additional races presented more opportunities to participate and that this had been widely welcomed by owners, trainers, breeders and jockeys. We are delighted to be able to make this change permanent,” said Sir Francis Brooke Bt., Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot.

In 2020, the juvenile races were staged later in the week in order to give 2-year-olds as much time as possible between their maiden outings and a Royal Ascot appearance. The meeting will return to its traditional running order for this year, with the newer races being run as the final contest on each day bar the Golden Gates S. This will be the penultimate race on the Saturday, with the marathon Queen Alexandra S. bringing the curtain down on the meeting as usual. Royal Ascot will open with the G1 Queen Anne S. On Tuesday, June 15.

“The concept of extended cards last year was well received, and we are very pleased to be able to offer additional opportunities to the horsemen community, the public, broadcasters and media,” said Nick Smith, Ascot's Director of Racing and Public Affairs.

“At this time, more than ever, the increased opportunity to win prize-money and to generate more levy and domestic and overseas betting income is crucial. Following consultation with the BHA, we decided to remove the two reserve races and bring in another high-quality handicap, as we are actually reducing the number of races run by one from last year, where eight races were staged on the Saturday. It occurred to us that the Old (round) Mile course is only used twice during Royal Ascot and another race on this track would add to the variety on offer.”

He continued, “Last year's extended cards were only possible by reducing some field sizes slightly, and because no overnight stabling was allowed under Covid-19 protocols. In order that field sizes can go up to their maximums again and with overnight stabling extremely important, we have commissioned extra temporary stabling to be built to the required high BHA standards.”

Prize-money levels for Royal Ascot 2021 will be confirmed in advance of the early-closing races in April. The full running order is as follows:

TUESDAY, JUNE 15

The Queen Anne S. (Group 1), 4yo+, 1m (straight)
The Coventry S. (Group 2), 2yo, 6f
The King's Stand S. (Group 1), 3yo+, 5f
The St James's Palace S. (Group 1), 3yo C, Old Mile (round)
The Ascot S. (Handicap), 4yo+, 2m4f
The Wolferton S. (Listed), 4yo+, 1m2f
The Copper Horse S. (Handicap), 4yo+, 1m6f

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16

The Queen Mary S. (Group 2), 2yo F, 5f
The Queen's Vase (Group 2), 3yo, 1m6f
The Duke of Cambridge S. (Group 2), 4yo+ FM, 1m (straight)
The Prince Of Wales's S. (Group 1) 4+ One mile, two furlongs
The Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) 3+ One mile (straight)
The Windsor Castle S. (Listed) 2 Five furlongs
The Kensington Palace S. (Handicap) 4+ FM Old Mile (round)

THURSDAY, JUNE 17

The Norfolk S. (Group 2), 2yo, 5f
The Hampton Court S. (Group 3), 3yo, 1m2f
The Ribblesdale S. (Group 2), 3yo F, 1m4f
The Gold Cup (Group 1), 4yo+, 2m4f
The Britannia S. (Heritage Handicap), 3yo CG, 1m (straight)
The King George V S. (Handicap), 3yo, 1m4f
The Buckingham Palace S. (Handicap), 3yo+, 7f

FRIDAY, JUNE 18

The Albany S. (Group 3), 2yo F, 6f
The King Edward VII S. (Group 2), 3yo CG, 1m4f
The Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) 3yo CF, 6f
The Coronation S. (Group 1), 3yo F Old Mile (round)
The Sandringham S. (Handicap), 3yo F, 1m (straight)
The Duke of Edinburgh S. (Handicap), 3yo+, 1m4f
The Palace of Holyroodhouse S. (Handicap), 3yo, 5f

SATURDAY, June 19

The Chesham S. (Listed), 2yo, 7f
The Jersey S. (Group 3), 3yo, 7f
The Hardwicke S. (Group 2), 4yo+, 1m4f
The Diamond Jubilee S. (Group 1), 4yo+, 6f
The Wokingham S. (Heritage Handicap), 3yo+, 6f
The Golden Gates S. (Handicap), 3yo, 1m2f
The Queen Alexandra S. (Conditions), 4yo+, 2m6f

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Cincinnati Gives Bettors Food For Thought!

The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud message to the rest of major league baseball that they are playing for keeps this season by completing an eight player deal just a week after acquiring Seattle’s ace in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting position players, one who was an All-Star last year and the other who has 16 homeruns and 50 RBI’s, there must be method to your madness.

The Reds presently sit 4 games behind the high flying Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing with the fourth best record in the NL. General Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has addressed that need.

Cincinnati gets Washington’s Gary Majewski, who has already logged 55 innings in the first half, and Bill Bray, a former first round draft pick of the Montreal Expos. Besides the right-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-old Clayton, who will take over as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, made his first All-Star team last year.

Headed to Washington is the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft pick in 2003. National’s general manager Jim Bowden acquired all three players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the team’s building blocks during Bowden’s 11-year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a whirlpool Thursday when he got called into the manager’s office for a private meeting.

The 26-year-old Majewski was 3-2 with a 3.58 ERA in 46 games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances last season and had a 2.93 ERA. The 23-year-old Bray was the 13th overall pick in the June 2004 draft and was considered one of the Nationals’ top pitching prospects. He was 1-1 with a 3.91 ERA in 19 relief appearances this season, his first in the majors.

Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in right field after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds in the All-Star game.

Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has occasionally failed to make the routine play. The Reds are second-to-last in the NL in-fielding.

Making the routine plays all the time and getting quality middle relief should put the Reds in position to challenge the Cards who have struggled all year with injuries.

Bob Acton

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Laurel Park: Returning Apprentice Marquez Triples; Holiday Card Includes Rainbow 6 Carryover

There will be a carryover of $6,787.65 in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 when live racing returns to Laurel Park for a special Martin Luther King Jr. holiday program Monday.

Post time for the first of nine races is 12:25 p.m. ET.

Multiple tickets with all six winners were sold in Sunday's Rainbow 6, each returning $1,346.82.

Monday's Rainbow 6 sequence spans Races 4-9 and includes the Race 7 feature, a six-furlong allowance for Maryland-bred/sired 4-year-olds and up. Joseph Besecker and Imaginary Stables' Redeem Eddie, beaten a head in each of his last two starts, is the 3-1 program favorite.

Also entered are Stone Courageous, runner-up in the 2019 Maryland Million Nursery and Maryland Juvenile Futurity; Tommy Shelby, third in the 2019 Maryland Juvenile Futurity; and Bernie's On Fire, unraced since finishing off the board in the 2020 Miracle Wood last February.

Maryland's leading apprentice of 2020, 17-year-old jockey Charlie Marquez registered a hat trick Sunday aboard Invest ($10) in Race 2, Big Hambone ($8.60) in Race 5 and Flyin It ($4.40) in Race 9 … Jockey Sheldon Russell doubled with Maliceinthepalace ($11.20) in Race 3 and Vibrancy ($6.20) in Race 7 … Trainer Claudio Gonzalez, in South Florida to prepare 2020 Pimlico Special (G3) winner Harpers First Ride for a start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream, was represented to two winners – Lost My Vowcher ($16) in Race 4 and Sugar Daddy ($16.40) in Race 6.

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$481,864 Santa Anita Single Ticket Rainbow Pick 6 Jackpot On Monday’s Holiday Card

With special Martin Luther King Jr. Day racing available at Santa Anita on Monday, there is a sizable carryover of $481,864 into the day's 20-cent Single Ticket Rainbow Pick 6 Jackpot. First post time for a nine-race card is at 12:30 p.m. PT and the Rainbow 6 will be comprised of races four through nine.

Approximate post time for Monday's fourth race is at 2:03 p.m. PT.

With a Jackpot carryover of $415,148 coming into Sunday, $291,426 in new money was bet into the popular wager, creating a total Rainbow 6 pool of $706,574. There were 81 consolation tickets with six winners today, resulting in a payoff of $1,936.90 each.

Entries and morning line information for all of Monday's races are available at santaanita.com.

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