March, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Mandatory Payout Of Rainbow Six Scheduled For Santa Anita Derby Day

With sunny skies forecast, Santa Anita Park will play host to a blockbuster 12-race program on Saturday, with the 84th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby highlighting an afternoon that will include a total of six stakes races.

Special early first post time is set for 12 noon and there is also a mandatory payout in the popular 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six, creating the possibility of a $5 million pool. Saturday's Rainbow Six will begin with race seven, which has an approximate post time of 3:45 p.m. PT.

Although the state of California has okayed limited General Public admission at Santa Anita beginning this Friday, fans are advised that per state directives, there will be no walk-up admission. All attendees must have a reserved seat, which can be purchased at santaanita.com/open.

The Runhappy Santa Anita Derby, which has produced 19 Kentucky Derby winners and two Triple Crown Champions (Affirmed in 1978 and Justify in 2018), has been carded as race eight, with an approximate post time of 4:15 p.m. PT.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who has won a record nine Runhappy Santa Anita Derbies, will send out the likely favorite Medina Spirit, a Florida-bred colt that was purchased out of a 2-year-old in training sale last year for a bargain $35,000 and he'll also be represented by lightly raced recent maiden winner Defunded.

The Runhappy Santa Anita Derby will be broadcast live on NBCSN, additionally, all of Santa Anita's races are available live and free of charge at santaanita.com/live.

A dominant force in American racing, Baffert, a two-time Triple Crown winner, won his record-equaling sixth Kentucky Derby last year with eventual Horse of the Year Authentic and he'll be bidding to break a tie with fellow Hall of Famer Ben Jones in this year's Run for the Roses on May 1 at Churchill Downs.

Five other stakes, the Grade 2, $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks, the Grade 2, $200,000 Royal Heroine, the Grade 3, $100,000 Providencia, the $150,000 Evening Jewel and the $150,000 Echo Eddie will all be included in what should be a spectacular day of racing.

With idyllic weather conditions predicted for Saturday, Santa Anita's Infield Area will be open, but fans must pre-purchase tickets at santaanita.com/open, where detailed information is also available.

Full vehicular access will be available on Saturday, via Gate 8 off of Baldwin Ave, Gate 3 off of Holly Ave., Gate 5, at the confluence of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place and via Infield Gate 6.

In addition to the track's website, fans can also call (626) 574-RACE for additional information.

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Gulfstream Park’s Spring/Summer Meet Begins Thursday, Rainbow 6 Guaranteed At $250,000

The Spring/Summer Meet at Gulfstream will kick off Thursday with an eight-race program. First-race post time is set for 1 p.m. during the meet that will run through Sept. 30.

In the Race 2 feature, a $47,000 optional claiming allowance for Florida-bred 3-year-olds at a mile, Stonehedge LLC's Seazan, who finished third in both the Affirmed and In Reality last year, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the Race 2 feature. The Ralph Nicks trainee, who most recently finished off the board while trying turf for the first time, was beaten by just a half length while finishing second in an open optional claiming allowance at a mile in his previous start.

Jockey Edgard Zayas, the defending Spring/Summer Meet titlist, has seven mounts Thursday while coming off a career-best Championship Meet.

The Spring/Summer Meet stakes schedule will be worth $3.5 million with $500,000 in incentives offer by the Florida Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association for Florida-bred and Florida-sired horses.

The $350,000 Princess Rooney Invitational (G2) and the $200,000 Smile Sprint Invitational (G3) will be contested on the July 3 Summit of Speed card, highlighting a program of 34 stakes.

The seven-furlong Princess Rooney is a designated Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' race with the winner earning a spot in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar.

The tradition-rich FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series will offer a total of $1.3 million in purses for 2-year-olds sired by accredited Florida stallions. The popular series will kick off with the $100,000 Dr. Fager and the $100,000 Desert Vixen July 31, followed by the $200,000 Affirmed and $200,000 Susan's Girl Aug. 28 and the $350,000 In Reality and $350,000 My Dear Girl Sept. 25.

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $250,000 for Thursday's Spring/Summer Meet opening-day card at Gulfstream Park.

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.

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‘We Didn’t Lose, We Learned’: Jesus’ Team Exits Dubai World Cup Sixth In Good Order

Jose D'Angelo was understandably disappointed with Jesus' Team's sixth-place finish in Saturday's $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1), but the 30-year-old trainer has returned to South Florida with a wealth of knowledge and experience.

“We didn't lose, we learned,” said the Venezuela-born trainer, who has been training in the U.S. for less than two years. “We learned a lot of little things. In this sport, a lot of little things make big things happen.”

Grupo 7C Racing Stable's Jesus' Team, who earned a trip to Dubai with a second-place finish in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park, raced evenly in traffic to finish sixth of 12 starters in the Dubai World Cup.

“In the mornings he showed life, in the race he showed different,” D'Angelo said. “I don't know what happened. One thing is a horse in the morning and the other thing is a horse running between 12 horses in the afternoon. The most important thing is Jesus came back perfect. He came back from the race like he does for a gallop, not tired.”

Jesus' Team is scheduled to fly to Chicago Thursday and will be in quarantine for three days before to returning to D'Angelo's stable at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.

“When he comes back, he'll get all the time he needs,” said D'Angelo, who was the leading trainer in Venezuela before he ventured to the U.S. “When he does come back, he will have an impact.”

Jesus's Team captured a $25,000 claiming race at Gulfstream Park while making his first start for D'Angelo last May. The 4-year-old son of Tapiture went on to finish third in the Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga and Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico and second in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Keeneland before returning to Gulfstream to win the Claiming Crown Jewel and finish second in the Pegasus.

D'Angelo drove the truck towing Jesus' Team's van for each of his major stakes engagements before the trainer and his overachieving horse traveled separately to Dubai.

“For me, it was the first time traveling with a horse outside the USA,” D'Angelo said. “It was an amazing experience. I would like to go back next year.”

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‘His Positivity And Humor Are Infectious’: 70-Year-Old Exercise Rider Danny Ramsey Is One Of A Kind

The 70-year-old exercise rider Danny Ramsey has the kind of infectious smile that endears him to everyone in his path. For Thoroughbred Racing Commentary contributor Patrick Gilligan, Ramsey's perennial positive attitude was a highlight during their shared tenure in the barn of trainer Kenny McPeek.

“His positivity and humor are infectious,” Gilligan wrote. “I would be leading one of his horses to the track, and he would pass riders and they would ask him how he was. 'I'm good. I'm better than good!' he would exclaim. 'If you're doing better than me I must be dead, so put me in the ground!' And he would start laughing to himself and so would I. And he said this most days, and still every day we laughed together.”

Ramsey has been employed by McPeek since 2012, and despite a suffering serious injuries in a fall last March, the veteran horseman got back to riding out in the mornings as soon as he could. Ramsey is still making people smile, too.

“Danny was the person who made me laugh again, made me start to love life again,” wrote Gilligan.

There's no higher praise than that.

Read more at the Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.

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