Roger Varian has high hopes of Third Realm landing the Cazoo Derby at Epsom
Roger Varian believes Third Realm has all the right attributes to make it second time lucky for him in the Cazoo Derby at Epsom on Saturday.
Month: May 2021
Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Monday, May 31
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday's meetings at Windsor, Redcar, Huntingdon, Leicester, Cartmel and Chelmsford City.
New Barn No Problem For Miss Auramet In Monmouth Park’s Politely Stakes
When trainer Eddie Plesa sent Miss Auramet to Kathleen O'Connell's barn with an eye toward Monmouth Park's stakes schedule he did so with simple instructions.
“Don't mess it up,” said O'Connell, laughing as she recalled the conversation with her good friend.
Plesa, based at Gulfstream Park, needn't have been concerned.
Miss Auramet, handled perfectly by jockey Dylan Davis, found a seam along the rail coming out of the final turn after a stalking early trip and cruised to a two-length victory in the $75,000 Politely Stakes that served as the feature on Monmouth Park's Sunday card in Oceanport, N.J.
“This was her first start for me,” said O'Connell. “(Plesa) saw an opportunity for her at Monmouth and wanted her here. She has trained really good. I'm not surprised she ran this well.
“The wonderful thing about her is she's an all-terrain model. She just oozes with class. Just an ultra-consistent mare.”
In posting her ninth victory in 22 career starts (with six seconds and three thirds), Miss Auramet easily handled a solid field of fillies and mares 3 and up, covering the five furlongs over a sloppy track in :57.60.
Bronx Beauty rallied for second, six lengths ahead of longshot No Mercy Percy.
The Politely, contested for the 27th time, was originally scheduled for the turf.
“She can handle any surface,” O'Connell said.
Davis, sitting behind early speedsters Tracy Ann's Legacy, Beaux Arts and Honey I'm Good, kept Miss Auramet close behind that trio through an opening quarter of :22.01. Davis began nudging the 5-year-old daughter of Uncaptured-Hello Rosie by Yes It's True midway through the turn before finding a hole along the rail – beating Bronx Beauty and Isaac Castillo to the spot.
“Our plans coming out of there were to break sharp, not necessarily on the lead but breaking well within the pack,” said Davis, who recorded his first winner since being sidelined with a broken clavicle on March 20 on Monmouth Park's Saturday card. “I was very happy where I was at in a nice stalking position in the first flight. I saw an opportunity up the rail and she was doing great. She was on the bridle. I just took the opening and she pushed through there. It was exciting.
“Once she pushed through she opened up another stride. This was my first time on her. I love the way she ran. She listened to me the whole time. She came to run today.”
Sent off at 7-2 in the field of seven that was reduced by one when My Lovely Girl was a gate scratch, Miss Auramet returned $9.40 to win. The Florida-bred mare is coming off a 2020 campaign that saw her win six of nine starts with a second and a third. She sports a 2-2-1 line from six starts this year.
Racing resumes at Monmouth Park on Monday with a nine-race Memorial Day card headlined by the $75,000 Spruce Fir Stakes. First race post time is 12:15 p.m.
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Pimlico’s Memorial Day Program Features $833,252 Rainbow 6 Jackpot
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved Sunday at Pimlico Race Course, raising the Maryland state record jackpot carryover to $833,252.12 for Monday's special eight-race program.
First race post time is 12:40 p.m.
Maryland Jockey Club host and handicapper Tim Tullock has a best bet and longshot for the sequence:
The Rainbow 6 begins with the third race, a claiming event at six furlongs for 3-year-olds and up, and leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez will send out the 9-5 favorite in Super C Racing Inc.'s Company Clown. The 4-year-old, who won last time out, gets the services once again of jockey Victor Carrasco.
The fourth race features 3-year-old maidens at a mile on the turf. Gold Square LLC's Momza is a tepid 3-1 choice for trainer Kelly Breen. Flight Map goes out for trainer Kelly Rubley while Shug McGaughey will send out Corrado. A maiden claimer for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs makes up the fifth race and Ronomes is a strong 7-5 favorite off a pair of second place finishes for trainer Robert Vukelic.
The sixth race, scheduled at five furlongs on the turf for Maryland-bred or sired fillies and mares, is a wide-open event with R. Larry Johnson's homebred Spun Glass a 3-1 favorite. Sick Pack Sara, entered for the main track only, would be seeking her fourth consecutive victory if the race is taken off the turf.
Shane's Jewel is a 7-5 favorite in the seventh race, a 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claiming event for 3-year-olds and up. Non Stop Stable's Tappin Cat gets a return trip to Pimlico with jockey Sheldon Russell after a fifth-place finish last time out. The Rainbow 6 ends with the eighth race, a mile claiming event on the turf for fillies and mares, drew a field of 10 including Bellsinthewood, making her second start in the U.S. and first since October of 2019.
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