January, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Apprentice Centeno Wins First Stakes Aboard Brickyard Ride In Cal Cup Sprint

Quick from the blocks and completely dominant thereafter, the Alfred Pais homebred Brickyard Ride made every pole a winning one as he registered an impressive 3 ¼-length win in Saturday's $150,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Trained by Craig Lewis and ridden by Alexis Centeno, the 4-year-old chestnut colt by red hot California-based stallion Clubhouse Ride got six furlongs in a rapid 1:09.42.

Named in honor of the longtime owner/breeder Donald Valpredo, the Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint is part of the CTBA's lucrative Golden State Series for eligible California-bred or sired horses.

With a two-length advantage at the quarter pole over Jamming Eddy, Brickyard Ride widened late and easily prevailed over post time favorite Tigre Di Slugo.

“I felt pretty good about it because I thought we had them double teamed, we knew we were going to try to speed away with Brickyard because he's got wicked speed,” said Lewis, who had also ran late-running Club Aspen (who finished sixth) and trained the winner's sire, Clubhouse Ride. “We've learned now that he just watches (when running head and head), so we don't try to take him back, we just let him roll.”

Well beaten in an open classified allowance going five furlongs at Los Alamitos Dec. 12, Brickyard Ride, in his first stakes assignment, was off at 9-2 in a field of 11 older horses and paid $11.80, $6.60 and $5.00.

“I believed in my horse and just went to the lead and (didn't) look back, just go,” said Centeno, an apprentice who recorded his first-ever stakes victory and has now won three out of his four engagements with Brickyard Ride. “I love this horse.”

Out of the Southern Image mare Brickyard Helen, Brickyard Ride improved his overall mark to 12-6-0-2. With the winner's share of $90,000, he boosted his earnings to $260,277.

Tigre Di Slugo, who had to wait for racing room around the turn, finished well at the rail to be second by a nose over highly accomplished Fashionably Fast. Off at 2-1 with Joel Rosario, Tigre Di Slugo paid $3.80 and $3.20.

Ridden by Tiago Pereira, Fashionably Fast finished a neck in front of Loud Mouth and paid $3.40 to show while off at 3-1.

Fractions on the race were 21.63, 44.35 and 56.50.

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Gulfstream Park: Sunday’s Rainbow 6 To Have $700,000 Guaranteed Jackpot

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $700,000 Sunday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the fifth racing day in a row following last Saturday's mandatory payout. Multiple tickets with six winners were each worth $2,211.72 Saturday.

The jackpot pool 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.

Sunday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 6-11 with three being contested on the turf.

There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover of $7,062.85 heading not Sunday's program.

WHO'S HOT: Jose Ortiz rode Last Judgement ($7.60) to a dominating score in the $75,000 Sunshine Classic in Race 9 after guiding Heart of God ($17.80) in Race 5.

Paco Lopez rode two winners, including Bienville Street ($18) in Race 8, the $75,000 Sunshine Filly & Mare Turf, and Between Dreams ($8.40) in Race 2.

Miguel Vasquez doubled aboard Friendly Fella ($6) in Race 3 before capturing the $75,000 Sunshine Sprint aboard Cajun Brother ($31.60) in Race 10.

Edgard Zayas rode bookend victories, scoring aboard Positive Skew ($19.80) in Race 1 Keep Quiet ($15.60) in Race 12.

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With Goat In Tow, North County Guy Ships To Santa Anita, Captures Unusual Heat Turf Classic

Content to sit well off the early pace, North County Guy wheeled four-wide at the top of the stretch en route to a hard-earned neck victory in Saturday's $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Trained by Richard Baltas and ridden by Mario Gutierrez, North County Guy, a 6-year-old gelding by The Pamplemousse, got a mile and one eighth in 1:46.34 on firm turf.

Presented by City National Bank, the Unusual Heat Turf Classic is part of the CTBA's lucrative Golden State Series for eligible California-bred or sired horses.

With 70-1 longshot Cono winging on an uncontested early lead, North County Guy was a distant fifth, about 20 lengths off the lead with a half mile to run. As Cono stopped mid-way around the far turn, the entire field moved into contention, with North County Guy about three lengths off the lead at the top of the lane.

Favored Acclimate and Tyler Baze hit the front at the quarter pole, while North County Guy had about two lengths to make up with a furlong to run and he was equal to the challeng. After striking the front he held off the late charge of longshot Heck Yeah.

A second condition allowance winner at today's distance two starts back on Oct. 9, North County Guy was well beaten in the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup at a mile and one half Nov. 27. Off at 4-1 in a field of 11, North County Guy paid $10.40, $6.40 and $4.00.

Owned by Nancy Messineo and Bruce Sands, North County Guy, who is out of the Unusual Heat mare Warmth, notched his first stakes win and improved his overall mark to 28-6-7-5. With the winner's share of $110,000, he increased his earnings to $366,647. He was bred in California by Edward C. Allred.

“He was training really good and obviously we had to put the money up to make him eligible,” said Baltas. “He's been running against open but we saw the $200,000 mile and an eighth which is his distance, so we did it.

“He's at San Luis Rey, he has the outside den and has a goat,” Baltas added. “If he doesn't have the goat and he's not outside he runs the stall so it's kind of funny, he comes up here in the van with the goat. We just try to keep him happy.”

Heck Yeah, a three-time stakes winner at age three who seemed to have found new life on synthetic Tapeta with Golden Gate Fields-based trainer Steve Sherman, rallied to boldly to miss by a diminishing neck under Drayden Van Dyke. Off at 21-1, he paid $17.40 and $8.40.

Acclimate, the 9-5 favorite, paid $3.20 to show while finishing a half length in front of Ward 'n Jerry.

Fractions on the race were 22.31, 44.76, 1:09.18 and 1:34.36.

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Big Fish Reels ‘Em In To Win California Cup Derby Going Away

Patiently handled by leading man Juan Hernandez, Legacy Ranch's Big Fish reeled 'em in late to take Saturday's $200,000 California Cup Derby at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., by 1 ½ lengths. Trained by David Hofmans, Big Fish got a mile and one sixteenth in 1:46.37.

A joint sixth, about four lengths off the lead going into the far turn, Hernandez bided his time, angled outside three sixteenths from home and Big Fish unleashed a powerful stretch kick to run down None Above the Law in the final sixteenth.

Fourth in the one mile turf Eddie Logan Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 27, Big Fish, a 3-year-old gelding by Mr. Big out of the Into Mischief mare Perched, had been on turf and faced open company in his last four races, with both of his wins coming on the grass.

Ridden for the first time by Hernandez, he was also fitted with blinkers, after having not run in them in his last two starts. Off at 4-1 in a field of eight, Big Fish paid $10.00, $5.80 and $3.60. He was bred in Cal;ifornia by George Krikorian.

A one mile turf stakes winner in his fourth start on Sept. 7 at Del Mar, he now has added money victories on both surfaces. With the winner's share of $110,000, Big Fish increased his earnings to $229,018.

“I thought he preferred the turf, but since he was a Cal-bred we thought we'd take advantage of that,” said Hofmans. “He breezed well over (the dirt), the other day with Juan (Hernandez) and seemed to get over it well. He's just maturing. This horse is just now coming into himself. I think we have a better future going forward.

“I dream all the time, it's the only reason I get up in the morning,” Hofmans added. “We'll see what happens, how he comes out of it and go from there.”

Attentive to the pace throughout with Kent Desormeaux, None Above the Law finished four lengths better than pacesetter Good With People and paid $8.80 and $4.80 while off at 9-1.

Ridden by Rickey Gonzalez, Good With People finished 1 ¼ lengths in front of Warrens Candy Man and paid $3.60 to show.

Fractions on the race were 23.26, 47.50, 1:12.43 and 1:39.38.

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