Graded stakes racing on a Monday? It’s not a regular occurrence, but thanks to the luck of the calendar, racing fans will be treated to a bonus day of high-class racing on Monday, July 5.
Month: July 2021
Notable US-Sired Runners in Japan: July 4, 2021
In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for Sunday running at Kokura Racecourse:
Sunday, July 4, 2021
5th-KOK, ¥13,400,000 ($121k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT
DANON PEEKABOO (JPN) (c, 2, Kitten's Joy–Joyful Victory, by Tapit) is the first Japanese-foaled produce for the 2013 GI Santa Margarita S. heroine (see below), who carried and red-and-white checks of the late Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm. Sold to Aaron and Marie Jones for $2 million at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Joyful Victory was acquired privately by Shadai Farm in 2016, was bred to American Pharoah the following winter and produced the filly Sky Nile, herself a debut winner on dirt last December. Danon Peekaboo, a half-brother to SP Jennifer's Dream (Medaglia d'Oro) and MSP Saqqara King (American Pharoah), fetched ¥105 million ($982,202) from Danox Co. Ltd. at last year's JRHA Select Sale. The Apr. 2 foal is the second favorite in early wagering to odds-on Fidele (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), a half-brother to champion Champagne Room (Broken Vow), who cost ¥190 million at the same auction. B-Shadai Farm
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Indiana Grand Offers Special All-Stakes Pick 4 For Indiana Derby Card
The Indiana Derby, the state's richest horse race, just got a boost for the 27th running of the event Wednesday, July 7. A special All-Stakes Pick 4 will be featured on the final four races of the card at Indiana Grand in Shelbyville, Ind, ending with the Derby in Race 12 sporting a $100,000 guaranteed pool.
“The Indiana Derby is our biggest program of the season and we wanted to do something to enhance the event,” said Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager of Racing at Indiana Grand. “Our Pick 4 has really taken off this season with the reduced takeout of 15 percent, so by adding a guaranteed pool to the wager, it will give bettors added incentive for those final four stakes races on our card.”
In addition to the All-Stakes Pick 4, two other Pick 4 wagers will be offered in Race 1 and again in Race 5. The popular Pick 5, with an industry low takeout of 11.99 percent, begins with Race 8 and goes through the end of the card.
Another wagering scenario may play out for Indiana Derby Night. The track is currently facilitating a carryover of $143,471.91 in the Straight Fire 6 (Jackpot Pick 6). If the wager does not get hit during the Tuesday, July 6 card, then Indiana Grand will offer a mandatory payout on the wager during the Indiana Derby program. The Pick 6 is set to begin in Race 7, which is also the start of six stakes for the night.
Indiana Derby Day will feature numerous activities to complement the racing program, including five $1,000 Megabet Win Wagers on the Indiana Derby, courtesy of the Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance. The twilight card will also feature a $500 Indiana Derby Hat Contest, Cigar Rolling Station, $1,000 Derby Warriors Handicapping Contest, Strolling Entertainment, and a community food booth featuring sno cones and cotton candy with all proceeds going to the Shelbyville High School Girls Basketball program. Free parking and free general admission will be provided for all racing fans with ample seating available on a first come, first serve basis.
The 19th season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing is currently in progress through Monday, November 8. Racing is conducted Monday through Thursday with a first post of 2:25 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. Thursday racing begins at 3:25 p.m. Six select Saturdays are offered for all-Quarter Horse racing beginning at 10 a.m. Indiana Champions Day, featuring the top Thoroughbred and Quarter Horses in the state, is set for Saturday, Oct. 30 with a start time of 12 p.m. For more information on events and racing, go to www.indianagrand.com.
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Going… Going… Gone.
Knicks Go (Paynter), a razor-sharp winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Nov. 7 and GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. Jan. 23, got back on track in a big way with a front-running, tour-de-force victory in Friday evening's GIII Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H.
Fourth in both the $20-million Saudi Cup Feb. 20 and GI Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan H. June 5, the 3-5 favorite cleared the field heading into the clubhouse turn in this return to his preferred two-turn trip. The 2018 GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity hero carved out fractions of :23.33 and :47.02, let it out a notch on the far turn and dropped the hammer in the stretch to win by an effortless, 10 1/4 lengths over Last Judgment (Congrats). Knicks Go received a career-best 113 Beyer Speed Figure for the effort.
Pedigree Notes:
Knicks Go stands alone as the only Grade I winner to date for Paynter, who has four graded winners among his 17 black-type winners. The breeding of Knicks Go has been well-documented, with his dam's last two matings being significantly upgraded: Kosmo's Buddy has a yearling filly by Justify and a filly by Ghostzapper of this year. Ghostzapper, like Paynter, is a son of Awesome Again.
Knicks Go, the fifth Maryland-bred generation of his family, is one of 10 stakes winners out of daughters of the Danzig sire Outflanker. The Moore family's Green Mount Farm claimed the two-time stakes winner Kosmo's Buddy for $40,000 in her penultimate career start at Monmouth in 2010. She RNA'd for $195,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale.
Friday, Prairie Meadows
PRAIRIE MEADOWS CORNHUSKER H.-GIII, $300,000, Prairie Meadows, 7-2, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:47.33, ft.
1–KNICKS GO, 126, h, 5, by Paynter
1st Dam: Kosmo's Buddy (MSW, $298,095), by Outflanker
2nd Dam: Vaulted, by Allen's Prospect
3rd Dam: Aube d'Or, by Medaille d'Or
($40,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV; $87,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Korea
Racing Authority; B-Angie Moore (MD); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Joel
Rosario. $180,000. Lifetime Record: MGISW, 21-7-3-1,
$4,833,995. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Last Judgment, 120, g, 5, Congrats–Fantasy Forest, by
Forestry. ($90,000 Ylg '17 FTKOCT; $300,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR).
O-Michael Dubb, Steve Hornstock, Michael J. Caruso & Nice
Guys Stables; B-Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC (FL); T-Michael Maker. $60,000.
3–Rated R Superstar, 117, g, 8, Kodiak Kowboy–Wicked Wish,
by Gold Case. O-Danny R. Caldwell; B-ThornDale Stable LLC
(KY); T-Federico Villafranco. $30,000.
Margins: 10 1/4, HF, 12. Odds: 0.60, 3.40, 17.80.
Also Ran: Tenfold, Dinar, Modernist. Scratched: Drifting West.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
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