June, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Los Alamitos’ Summer Thoroughbred Festival Begins Friday

The first Thoroughbred meet of 2021 at Los Alamitos will begin Friday, June 25.

The seven-day Summer Thoroughbred Festival will continue through Monday, July 5. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday (June 25-27) the first week and Friday-Monday (July 2-5) the second week. Post time each racing day will be 1 p.m.

The season will be highlighted by a pair of graded stakes races – the Grade 2, $200,000 Great Lady M. for fillies and mares (3-year-olds & up) at 6 ½ furlongs and the Grade 3, $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles.

The Great Lady M. will be run Monday, July 5 while the Los Alamitos Derby will be offered Saturday, July 3.

The wagering menu includes the Pick Six – with the traditional 70-30 split – a pair of $1 Pick 4's – races 2-5 and the final four races – as well as the extremely popular Players' Pick 5 – a 50-cent minimum wager with a reduced 14% takeout rate which is offered on the first five races.

Tickets can be purchased online at https://losalamitos.com/.

Los Alamitos offers free general parking and preferred parking is $5.

The July 4 program will feature a live money handicapping contest with two seats available to the 2022 National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.

The other stakes race during the meet is the $100,000 Bertrando Stakes for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California.

Entries for the Bertrando, which will be run at one mile, will be taken Wednesday, June 23.

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Walsh: Extravagant Kid To Remain Overseas, Target July Cup

Following a strong third-place effort in the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot last week, trainer Brendan Walsh told TVG Insider News he plans to leave Extravagant Kid overseas to contest the G1 July Cup on Newmarket on July 10.

“He's come out of (the King's Stand) good so we're going to leave him there and take a shot at the July Cup,” Walsh told TVG Insider News. “He's there and he ran so well at Ascot, so another 3-4 weeks there, why not? He's in a nice environment and he seems to be doing well. And I think the timing would be good.”

Claimed by Walsh and DARRS, Inc. for $75,000 in January of 2018, the 8-year-old gelding has gotten better with age. Extravagant Kid earned his first Grade 1 victory earlier this year in Dubai's Al Quoz Sprint, and his overall record currently stands at 15-16-7 from 51 starts for earnings of $1,634,733.

Sports Wagering Bill Heads to Royal Assent in Canada

The Senate of Canada passed Sports Betting Legislation (Bill C-218) at Third Reading debate on Tuesday. The Bill will now proceed to Royal Assent, the final milestone to legalize single event sports wagering in Canada.

“This is a significant day for what is now an emerging sector in Canada that will regulate sports betting, generate new revenues and create new jobs,” said Jim Lawson, CEO, Woodbine Entertainment. “Congratulations to the Federal Government for taking this important step forward and creating a substantial opportunity for the Canadian economy.”

Bill C-218, which was introduced by MP Kevin Waugh, includes protection for the horse racing industry and the more than 50,000 jobs it supports throughout Canada by prohibiting fixed odds wagering on the sport. The amendment to the Bill was a result of a collaborative effort by the horse racing industry across the country.

“We look forward to continuing discussions with provincial authorities and prospective partners that could provide this new sector with an opportunity to leverage our experience in offering legal single event sports wagering in Canada,” Lawson said. “At the same time, participating in sports betting would provide an opportunity to create new a revenue stream for our industry and expose horse racing to new fans in an evolving sports marketplace.

“Recognizing that this new sector will create more options for the Canadian sports bettor, participating in offering sports betting is critically important for the sustainability of the horse racing industry and the tens of thousands of jobs it supports throughout the country.”

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KY Advances Whip Rule That Guild Believes Can Be North American Model

After nearly two years of negotiations and rewrites, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) on Tuesday unanimously advanced a more humane whipping rule that The Jockeys' Guild is endorsing as a possible model regulation for all North American jurisdictions to follow.

The chief change sets a limit of six overhand hits per race with no more than two strikes in succession to give the horse a chance to respond.

Jennifer Wolsing, the general counsel for the KHRC, explained prior to the vote that if necessary, jockeys may also use the whip “in a backhanded or underhanded fashion from the three-eighths pole to the finish line, which does not count [against] the use of the crop six times in the overhand fashion.”

Tapping the horse on its shoulder with the whip in the down position (and with both hands holding the reins and touching the horse's neck) will also be permitted. Showing or waving the whip without contact to the horse is also allowable.

The wrist holding the whip, however, can never go “above helmet height” prior to a strike, Wolsing added.

Violators can be punished with either a $500 minimum fine or a three-day minimum suspension. If the stewards believe that the violation is egregious or intentional, they can impose both a fine and suspension.

The KHRC's Rules Committee had voted in this latest round of proposed changes on May 3 based on input from Guild members and executives.

“We feel that this rule is a fair compromise, and is in the best interest of our industry,” Terence Meyocks, the president and chief executive officer of the Guild, said after the vote.

Meyocks added that Kentucky's new rule could be the basis for a model whip rule that gets implemented throughout North America instead of relying on the current patchwork of differing jurisdictional standards.

Although no timetable for implementation was discussed during Tuesday's meeting, KHRC executive director Marc Guilfoil told TDN last month when the regulation advanced out of the rules committee that after passage by the full KHRC board, the measure next has to be approved by the state legislature, whose leaders have indicated support for the version the commission passed on Tuesday. Guilfoil had estimated that legislative process could take up to seven or eight months.

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