June, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Kanderel Gets Second Win In Row In Siren Lure

With a new lease on life at age four, the Richard Mandella-trained Kanderel rallied from last to take Saturday's $75,000 Siren Lure Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., his second win in a row over the course. Ridden by Juan Hernandez, Kanderel got 6½ furlongs on turf in 1:14.98.

Breaking from the rail, Kanderel was about six lengths off dueling leaders Texas Wedge and Tilted Towers heading to the far turn and had nearly five lengths to make up while wide-out with a furlong to run.

“I broke from the inside, number one post and Mr. Mandella told me to ride the horse like last time,” said Hernandez. “My horse, he loves to come from behind. I just broke, the horse was comfortable being last…I was saving ground and at the (top of) the stretch, I decided to go outside and make my run. My horse helped me a lot and he responded really well.

“I rode this horse (for the) first time at Golden Gate (winning a one-mile turf stakes on June 20, 2020) and he looked like he had a lot of talent…I think when they gelded him (Oct. 1, 2020), when he came back, he was a different horse. You could feel when you ask him, he responds a lot better than before.”

A three-quarter-length second condition allowance winner at 6½ furlongs on turf May 9, Kanderel was off at 4-1 in a field of seven 3-year-olds and up and paid $10.60, $5.20, and $3.20.

A 4-year-old gelding by Candy Ride, out of the Storm Cat mare Stormica, Kanderel is owned by his breeders, Wertheimer and Frere. With the Siren Lure being his second stakes victory, Kanderel is now 13-4-1-0 overall and with the winner's share of $48,360, he increased his earnings to $195,982. His owner/breeder is Wertheimer & Frere.

“We gelded him and it took a little while for it to work,” said Mandella. “He has now settled in to being with a harder crowd. We also shortened him up and he's doing better than he did running long…I was hoping he was good enough to catch these, and he did! He ran an even better race than he did the last time.”

Ridden by Joe Bravo, French-bred Commander was fourth turning for home and ran a game second, finishing a neck in front of favored Chasin Munny. Off at 5-1, Commander paid $5.60 and $3.40.

Off as the 6-5 favorite with Flavien Prat up, Chasin Munny was fifth at the top of the lane and paid $2.20 to show while finishing one length in front of Wound Tight. Fractions on the race were 22.21, 45.96, and 1:08.20.

Trainer Richard Mandella saw improvement in Kanderel. “We gelded him, and it took a little while for it to work. He has now settled in to being with a harder crowd. We also shortened him up and he's doing better than he did running long.

“He was the better horse, and there were some pretty good horses. I was hoping he was good enough to catch these, and he did! He ran an even better race than he did the last time.”

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Delgado Has Visions of Breeders’ Cup For The Critical Way

Trainer Jose Delgado was so impressed by what he saw from his speedy grass sprinter The Critical Way on Saturday at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. that he immediately began plotting out a schedule that would get the 7-year-old gelding to the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 6.

It wasn't just that The Critical Way won the $75,000 Get Serious Stakes with ease, pulling away for a three-length victory. It was how he won the five-furlong grass feature.

Known for his blazing early speed, The Critical Way sat off the flanks of an even speedier French Reef, doing so through an opening quarter in a dazzling :20.11 and through a half in :43.34. Jockey Paco Lopez eased The Critical Way around French Reef entering the final turn and the son of Tizway took off, showing a finishing kick that can sometimes elude him when he is on the front end.

Final time for the five furlongs on a turf that was listed as “firm” was :55.19.

“We always think of this horse as being in front right out of the gate because he has a lot of speed,” said Delgado, who tops the Monmouth Park trainer standings with 11 wins. “But Paco Lopez told me he was very comfortable coming off the pace. That's a new dimension for him. We always think he's one way and it's go, go, go. Now we've seen he can sit behind the speed and make one move and he can win that way. I like that.

“We saw he can sit comfortably. That gives us a lot of options. He is very consistent. He gives you everything he has. We'll look at some serious things for him now. Maybe we'll try something in Saratoga, then one or two races at Parx and then if everything goes right we will try to take him to the Breeders' Cup. That's the plan. That's the hope.”

Lopez said The Critical Way “didn't break like he usually does.”

“Usually he is right out of the gate and on the lead,” said Lopez. “I think he got scared a little bit and jumped behind (French Reef). I know that horse from seeing him in Florida. That's a very fast horse. So I was behind that one but he was very comfortable, which surprised me because it is something new for him.

“I came in thinking I would make the lead but I had to go to Plan B. But the horse made it easy for me with how comfortable he was. He was close. It's not like he was far back. So when I did ask him he just took off.”

After being caught at the wire in his last start in the Turf Sprint Stakes at Pimlico on the Preakness Stakes card, The Critical Way notched his fourth stakes victory and eighth win overall in 25 career starts for Monster Racing Stables. He paid $3.80 to win.

French Reef held second, 1¼ lengths ahead of Francatelli.

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Jevian Toledo Celebrates Four Wins Saturday At Pimlico

Jockey Jevian Toledo solidified his hold on third in the Preakness Meet standings with a four-win afternoon Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

Maryland's leading rider in 2015 and 2017, the 26-year-old Toledo began his big day winning back-to-back races aboard Band On Tour ($5.20) in Race 4 and Golden Can ($5) in Race 5.

In Race 7, Toledo guided 9-5 favorite Grateful Bred to a 2 ½-length victory in the 5-year-old Great Notion gelding's first start since running fourth behind Fiya in the 5 ½-furlong Maryland Million Turf Sprint last October at Laurel Park.

“He's a really, really nice horse,” Toledo said. “When I asked him, he gave me everything he had. He was trying 100 percent.”

Represented by agent Marty Leonard, Toledo completed his afternoon with a 9 ¼-length triumph on 3-year-old Maryland-bred filly Tam Char in Race 8, a pickup mount. Trained by Charles Frock, Tam Char had not raced since finishing sixth in a six-furlong maiden claimer last October at Laurel.

“They told me to warm her up myself because she may need it, so I warmed her up myself. She broke and they told me to put her in the race because the [last] time she kind of stayed in the gate, and she was coming off a layoff,” Toledo said. “I put her in the race and she took me pretty close. I didn't even ask her, and when I asked her she took off. It was pretty good.”

Toledo, who had won four with four of his previous 19 mounts, now has 21 wins, two behind J.D. Acosta, who won Saturday's Race 3 on Mosby's Ranger ($8.20). Charlie Marquez, who was at Delaware Park Saturday, leads the standings with 28 wins.

“I feel blessed. My agent did a really good job finding me good mounts today. I got pretty decent horses, pretty decent mounts,” Toledo said. [Tam Char] really surprised me. I just picked up the mount. The trainers and owners give me such a good opportunity, so I'll take it.”

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A Record Rainbow 6 Jackpot Up For Grabs At Pimlico

Look no further than Sunday's nine-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course for a chance to surprise Dad with the ultimate Father's Day gift – a million-dollar payday.

The Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will once again be up for grabs, growing to $1,205,592.51 after the popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 21st consecutive racing day Saturday.

Last solved for a $23,346.70 payout May 7, the Rainbow 6 began with a $1,140,043.97 carryover from Friday and saw another $204,882 added to the pool. Multiple tickets with all six winners each returned $6,554.84.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out only when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 60 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 40 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Introduced in Maryland April 2, 2015 on opening day of Pimlico's spring meet, the Rainbow 6 has far surpassed its previous state record carryover of $345,898.33 spanning 31 racing programs before being solved by one lucky bettor for a life-changing $399,545.94 payout April 15, 2018 at Laurel Park. The winning ticket was purchased through Maine off-track betting.

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Sunday's Rainbow 6 spans Races 4-9, kicked off by a five-furlong turf sprint for maiden fillies age 3, 4, and 5 that attracted an overflow field of 14. The 5-2 program favorite is Venezuelan Talent, third on the also-eligible list, unraced since last fall at Gulfstream Park West. Miranda's Desmond (7-2) came from 14 lengths back going the same distance in debut May 14 to run second by a half-length for trainer Brittany Russell.

Race 5 is a six-furlong claimer for 3-year-olds and up where Rock and Fellers is narrowly favored to win his fifth career race and first since September 2018 over Tom Terrific, racing second time off the claim for trainer Anthony Aguirre, and Russell's Talented Dr. B, second in two starts this year.

Fillies and mares age 3, 4, and 5 will hit the turf course in a 1 1/16-mile maiden claimer in Race 6 led by Perfume River, the 5-2 program favorite over fellow second-time starter Downcomesthenite, also from the Russell barn, and trainer Kelly Rubley's debut runner Sherylaway.

Wicked Hot, a 12-length maiden winner May 28 at Pimlico, looks to make it two in a row for trainer Graham Motion in Race 7, a six-furlong allowance for Maryland-bred/sired fillies and mares 3 years old and up. Marvella Nasty and Hell in a Shell also exit wins, while Quiet Imagination was stakes-placed in back-to-back races last fall, including to Hello Beautiful in the Maryland Million Distaff at Laurel Park.

An open allowance for fillies and mares 3 years old and up sprinting six furlongs serves as Sunday's feature in Race 8. The group of six is led by Day Dayenu, a 4-year-old Into Mischief filly in her season debut for Rubley after making her previous five starts at Woodbine for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. Meet-leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez counters with Mischiefs Model, a one-length allowance winner May 31 at Pimlico.

Race 9, a five-furlong turf dash for fillies and mares 3 years old and up, concludes the sequence. Three horses – The Boss of You, Fast Lani, and Merry Maid – are racing for the first time this year, while Not My Money, in the money in 15 of 26 starts including six seconds and eight thirds, is favored at 2-1 on the morning line.

There will also be a $1 Super Hi-5 carryover of $1,188.63.

First race post time Sunday is 12:40 p.m.

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