May, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Curragh To Inspect Ahead Of Guineas

Heavy rain in Ireland in the last 24 hours has left the Curragh racecourse partly waterlogged, forcing a 7.30am inspection on Saturday ahead of the first of two Classic race days this weekend.

The racecourse's chief executive Pat Keogh confirmed that the course is currently unraceable. He said: “We got a lot more rain than we anticipated overnight. We were forecast 15 millimetres at the most in the last 24 hours, and we got 35 millimetres. It's come completely out of left field, unfortunately.”

He added, “The track would not be raceable today. Most of the track is raceable, but there are a few [waterlogged] areas and we will look to get that off the track.

“We're hopeful, but we will have a precautionary inspection tomorrow morning.”

Along with the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, the first of two days of racing is also set to feature three further Group races, while the G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas and G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup is set to be staged on Sunday.

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‘Going’ For Five in a Row

The streaking Going Global (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) looks to make it five straight wins in Saturday's GIII Honeymoon S. at Santa Anita.

A handicap winner at Dundalk in November 2020, Going Global is a perfect three-for-three at a variety of distances on these shores for Phil D'Amato, including the six-furlong GIII Sweet Life S. Feb. 14, the one-mile China Doll S. Mar. 6 and the GIII Providencia S. going 1 1/8 miles last time Apr. 3.

“Going Global proved last time a mile and an eighth wasn't a problem,” D'Amato said. “I gave her a bit of a freshening after three stakes wins in a row so I could have her ready for this race going into Del Mar.”

Madone (Vancouver {Aus}) kicked off her sophomore campaign with a win in the GIII Senorita S. May 1. A winner of her first three starts, including the Surfer Girl S. last fall, the lone blemish on her record is an eighth-place finish in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland Nov. 6.

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Small Field Set for Santa Maria

A scratched-down field of four, led by co-headliners As Time Goes By (American Pharoah) and Ce Ce (Elusive Quality), will line up in Saturday's GII Santa Maria S. at Santa Anita.

The well-bred As Time Goes By, a half-sister to champion Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song) from the immediate family of Omaha Beach (War Front) and Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway), followed a strong second behind Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) in the GI Beholder Mile S. Mar. 13 with a blowout, front-running win in the GII Santa Margarita S. Apr. 24. Bob Baffert trains the Tabor, Magnier and Smith colorbearer.

Last term's Beholder Mile and GI Apple Blossom H. heroine Ce Ce closed out her 2020 campaign with a fifth-place finish in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland Nov. 7. The Bo Hirsch homebred returned from the bench for Michael McCarthy with a strong optional claiming tally going seven-eighths in Arcadia Apr. 17.

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The Friday Show Presented By Uptowncharlybrown Stud: Florida’s Gambling Gold Rush

Joe Nevills is going to miss his annual visits to Dania Jai Alai in South Florida. Ray Paulick will soon be longing for the majesty and bucolic beauty of “racing” at Oxford Downs south of Ocala. And the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be making money hand over fist like there's no tomorrow.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, bloodstock editor Nevills and publisher Paulick discuss the new landscape for racing and gaming in Florida following the state legislature's approval of three bills that strengthen the Seminole tribe's grip over sports and casino gambling and allow non-Thoroughbred pari-mutuel businesses to keep their casinos or card rooms open while ending racing or jai alai operations. The net result puts Gulfstream Park and Florida horsemen in a more challenging position than ever before, especially if purse subsidies from the Calder Casino end in the coming months.

By contrast, the story that accompanies the Star of the Week is a welcome respite from the stormy waters the sport has navigated since revelations about the Kentucky Derby winner's failed drug test.

Watch this week's show, presented by Uptowncharlybrown Stud, below:

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