Online car retailer Cazoo unveiled as new sponsor of the £1.1m Derby at Epsom
The online car retailer replaces Investec, who ended their deal to back the most important Classic of the Flat season six years early last July.
Month: April 2021
Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Friday, April 2
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday's meetings at Newcastle, Chelmsford City and Lingfield.
‘Clock’ Turned Back in Bay Shore
Despite a solid runner-up finish last out in the GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S., Drain the Clock (Maclean's Music)'s future appears to be around one turn, and he figures to be an overwhelming favorite in Saturday's seven-furlong GIII Bay Shore S. at Aqueduct.
Romping to a six-length debut graduation as an 8-5 favorite in a Gulfstream off-the-turfer Sept. 12, the Saffie Joseph trainee repeated in a Gulfstream West allowance/optional claimer Oct. 28 before losing his rider when making his stakes bow in the Jean Lafitte S. Nov. 30 at Delta. Redeeming himself with a comprehensive win in the Limehouse S. back at Gulfstream Jan. 2, the chestnut romped again in the GIII Swale S. there Jan. 30 before setting the pace and besting all but top GI Kentucky Derby contender Greatest Honour (Tapit) in the Fountain of Youth.
“He's never gotten beat going one turn. He ran a credible race in the Fountain of Youth but I think he's best at one turn and we're hoping he'll show up and run his usual race,” Joseph told the NYRA notes team.
Opposing Drain the Clock in this five-horse field are Too Boss (El Padrino), a 5 1/2-length local maiden breaker Jan. 17 for Todd Pletcher, Garoppolo (Outwork), a second-out winner last July who hasn't been seen since running fourth in the GII Saratoga Special S., Whiskey Double (Into Mischief), a late-running allowance victor last out Feb. 28 at Oaklawn, and Beren (Weigelia), who triumphed in his last two outings at Parx for Butch Reid.
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Mischevious Alex Returns to Grade I Company in Carter
Last winter, Cash is King and LC Racing's Mischevious Alex (Into Mischief) created a buzz with back-to-back graded stakes victories, but was unable to sustain that momentum while making just two more starts in his 3-year-old season. The buzz is back for him after two more good-looking triumphs to start 2021, and he'll get another chance to prove his mettle in Saturday's GI Carter H. at Aqueduct, the first Grade I race in New York this year.
Romping by seven lengths in last February's GIII Swale S., Mischevious Alex successfully stretched out to a mile when annexing the GIII Gotham S. here a month later, but was taken off the GI Kentucky Derby trail before running fourth in the GI Woody Stephens S. and sixth in the GI H. Allen Jerkens S. Transferred from the John Servis barn to Saffie Joseph after that, he came back with a facile allowance/optional claiming success Jan. 10 at Gulfstream, a race that earned him a 103 Beyer and featured next-out wins from the second, fourth and sixth finishers. Back in graded company in the GIII Gulfstream Park Sprint S. Feb. 13, he notched a similarly easy score, and the bay has lit up the track in the mornings since, most notably drilling five furlongs in an eye-popping :58 2/5 (1/21) Mar. 14.
Multiple Grade I winner Mind Control (Stay Thirsty) returns to his favorite racetrack in his 5-year-old debut. Hero of the GI Hopeful S. and H. Allen Jerkens at two and three, respectively, he started his 2020 campaign with scores in the local GIII Toboggan S. and GIII Tom Fool H., but failed to find the winner's circle in his next six tries, most recently running third in the GIII Mr. Prospector S. Dec. 19 at Gulfstream. The Greg Sacco trainee has a record of four wins and one second from five starts at Aqueduct.
Shoplifted (Into Mishief) rates an upset chance, particularly if the pace gets hot. Third in both the Woody Stephens and H. Allen Jerkens last year, he flew home from last to just miss when second by a neck making his seasonal debut Feb. 6 at Oaklawn. Rounding out the quintet are last-out Tom Fool winner Chateau (Flat Out) and Souper Stonehenge (Speightstown), who was a close runner-up to ill-fated G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen upsetter Zenden (Fed Biz) in the Pelican S. Feb. 13 at Tampa.
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