Month: February 2021

‘All Others’ Favored At 3-1 In Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3; Life Is Good Next At 7-1

With the Kentucky Derby 11 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds”closed as the 3-1 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW), and Sham Stakes (G3) winner Life Is Good was the 7-1 second betting choice.

Life Is Good, who closed as the 5-1 individual favorite in Pool 1 and 7-1 individual choice in Pool 2, was a narrow but fast winner of the one-mile Sham at Santa Anita on Jan. 2. He is expected to make his next start in the March 6 San Felipe (G2) for six-time Kentucky Derby winner Bob Baffert.

The Brad Cox-trained 2-year-old champion Essential Quality, perfect in three starts after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile in November, closed at odds of 8-1 for the third time in as many future wager pools. He is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday's rescheduled Southwest (GIII) at Oaklawn Park.

The Shug McGaughey-trained 5 ¾-length Holy Bull (GIII) winner Greatest Honour was close behind at 9-1. Other horses that garnered attention from bettors include 8 ½-length maiden winner Prevalence (14-1), 10 ¼-length Smarty Jones winner Caddo River (15-1), Risen Star (GII) winner Mandaloun (16-1) and San Vicente (G2) winner Concert Tour (17-1).

Horses in order of the public's betting choice (with trainer, Pool 3 odds and $2 Win will pays): #24 “All Other 3-Year-Olds” (3-1, $8.60); #13 Life Is Good (Bob Baffert, 7-1, $17.40); #5 Essential Quality (Brad Cox, 8-1, $18.80); #8 Greatest Honour (Shug McGaughey III, 9-1, $21.80); #18 Prevalence (Brendan Walsh, 14-1, $31.80); #1 Caddo River (Brad Cox, 15-1, $33); #14 Mandaloun (Brad Cox, 16-1, $34.60); #3 Concert Tour (Bob Baffert, 17-1, $36.60); #12 Keepmeinmind (Robertino Diodoro, 25-1, $52.20); #19 Risk Taking (Chad Brown, 25-1, $52.40); #15 Medina Spirit (Bob Baffert, 25-1, $53); #11 Jackie's Warrior (Steve Asmussen, 26-1, $55.20); #4 Dream Shake (Peter Eurton, 28-1, $58.60); #6 Fire At Will (Mike Maker, 30-1, $62.60); #2 Candy Man Rocket (Bill Mott, 35-1, $73.60); #10 Hot Rod Charlie (Doug O'Neill, 35-1, $73.60); #9 Highly Motivated (Chad Brown, 37-1, $77); #23 The Great One (Doug O'Neill, 38-1, $79.80); #21 Senor Buscador (Todd Fincher, 39-1, $81.60); #16 Midnight Bourbon (Steve Asmussen, 41-1, $84.20); #20 Roman Centurian (Simon Callaghan, 41-1, $85); #7 Freedom Fighter (Bob Baffert, 52-1, $106.80); #22 Swiftsure (Steve Asmussen, 74-1, $150.20); and #17 Nova Rags (Bill Mott, 91-1, $184.40).

Total handle for the Feb. 12-14 KDFW pool – the third of five scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 147th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) on Saturday, May 1 – was $388,987 ($278,397 in the Win pool and $110,590 in Exactas).

Dates for the remaining 2021 Kentucky Derby future pools are March 5-7 (Pool 4) and March 26-28 (Pool 5). The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

Visit www.KentuckyDerby.com/FutureWager for more information.

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Gulfstream Park: Wednesday’s Rainbow 6 To Have $250,000 Guaranteed Jackpot

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $250,000 Wednesday at Gulfstream Park.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Sunday following Saturday's mandatory payout. Multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $680.90 Sunday.

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.

Eres Tu Among Nominations for Saturday's G3 Royal Delta
Edward Seltzer and Beverly Anderson's Eres Tu is expected to seek her fourth-straight victory in Saturday's $100,000 Royal Delta (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

The Arnaud Delacour-trained daughter of Malibu Moon is prominent on the list of nominations for the Royal Delta, a 1 1/16-mile stakes for older fillies and mares. The 5-year-old Kentucky-bred mare, who was 3-for-3 last year, is coming off a victory in the Allaire DuPont (G3) at Laurel Park Dec. 26.

Allen Stable Inc.'s Mrs. Danvers, who captured the Nov. 27 Comely (G3) in her last start, was also nominated and is expected to start in the Royal Delta for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey.

Eclipse champion Monomoy Girl was nominated to the Royal Delta but is not scheduled to start.

WHO'S HOT: Defending Two-time Championship Meet titlist Irad Ortiz enjoyed yet another multi-win afternoon Sunday, scoring a natural grand slam aboard Lontano ($5.40) in Race 5, Bold Agenda ($3.80) in Race 6, I Kickn ($3.40) in Race 7, and Come Storming ($5.20) in Race 8..

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Joseph Looking At Fountain Of Youth Or Gotham For Swale Winner Drain The Clock

Drain the Clock breezed a half-mile Sunday morning at Gulfstream Park in preparation for a possible start in the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) Feb. 27 at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track. The 3-year-old son of Maclean's Music was timed in :49.02 in his first workout since romping to victory in the Jan. 30 Claiborne Farm Swale (G3) at Gulfstream.

“It was his first easy breeze by himself. He went as good as could ask,” trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said. “Next week, we'll put in company. I didn't want him to go with company today, because I didn't want him to go too fast. By himself, he'll go as slow as you want. In company, he gets more aggressive.”

Drain the Clock has won four of five lifetime starts, his only loss coming when he lost his rider due to a broken iron during the running of the Nov. 30 Jean Lafitte Stakes at Delta Downs. He entered the Delta stakes off a six-length debut victory at Gulfstream Park and an optional claiming allowance at Gulfstream Park West. The Joseph trainee bounced back from his ill-fated trip to Louisiana with a 7 ½-length win in the Jan. 2 Limehouse and a 6 ¼-length triumph in the Swale during the 2020-'21 Championship Meet.

Joseph said Drain the Clock will likely return to action in the 1 1/16-mile Fountain of Youth or the Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct March 6.

“He's also nominated to the Tampa Bay Derby, but I would say it's between the Fountain of Youth or the Gotham,” Joseph said.

The Joseph-trained Ny Traffic, who came within a nose of beating 2020 Horse of the Year Authentic in last year's Haskell (G1) at Monmouth, breezed a half-mile Sunday morning at Gulfstream. Idle since finishing ninth in the Oct. 3 Preakness (G1), the 4-year-old son of Cross Traffic was timed in 47:53 seconds for four furlongs in his sixth breeze in preparation for his return to action.

“The was his most serious work to date,” Joseph said. “He's in good order. He'll have maybe two more works and we'll try to find a spot.”

The New York-bred colt worked in company with Saturday's Gulfstream Park Sprint (G3) winner Mischevious Alex in his previous workout.

Ny Traffic, who is owned by John Fanelli, Cash is King LLC, LC Racing LLC, Paul Braverman and team Hanley, finished second in the Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds, the Matt Winn (G2) at Churchill Downs, and the Haskell (G1) at Monmouth Park.  He finished eighth in the Kentucky Derby (G1).

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