Nicolle Neulist had never taken a day off from work. A self-described “perfect attendance kid,” they had always figured that, short of an emergency, why not just go in? After all, who wouldn’t want to show up to work every day if your job was to go to the racetrack and watch horse races?
Month: August 2021
Notable US-Breds in Japan: Aug. 14 & 15, 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 this weekend running at Kokura and Sapporo Racecourses:
Saturday, August 14, 2021
9th-KOK, ¥30,720,000 ($278k), Allowance, 2yo, 1200mT
DUGAT (c, 2, Practical Joke–Untraveled, by Canadian Frontier) takes on winners in this first trip to the races. The Mar. 31 foal is the first produce for his multiple stakes-placed dam, a half-sister to SW Artesian (Siphon {Brz}) and hailing from the family of German highweight GSW/MG1SP Green Perfume (Naevus) and GSW Salty Perfume (Salt Lake). Dugat was knocked down to trainer Hideyuki Mori, noted for his work with American-bred gallopers, for $190K at OBS March after breezing an eighth of a mile in :9 4/5. Yutaka Take has been booked to ride. B-Erv Woolsey & Ralph Kinder (KY)
Sunday, August 15, 2021
1st-SAP, ¥9,680,000 ($88k), Maiden, 2yo, 1200mT
ELECTRO WORLD (f, 2, Into Mischief–Ava Pie, by Distorted Humor) faces the starter for the second time, having finished a debut sixth to 'TDN Rising Star' Command Line (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in a newcomers' event over a mile at Tokyo June 5. A $385K graduate of last year's Keeneland September sale, the full-sister to MSW & MGSP Sound Machine and half to SW & GSP Forever Liesl (Mineshaft) shortens up in distance this time around. Ava Pie is a daughter of MGSW Lakenheath (Colonial Affair), the dam of SW & GISP The Truth or Else (Yes It's True) and GSW Decorated Soldier (Proud Citizen). B-Farm 3 Enterprses (KY)
10th-SAP, ¥20,160,000 ($183k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1800mT
RUSSIAN SAMOVAR (f, 3, America Pharoah–Megalicious, by Songandaprayer) graduated narrowly at first asking on the dirt at Kyoto last October (video, gate 8), but was well down the field trying winners for the first time the following month and makes her first start since. A half-sister to MGSP My Sweet Stella (Eskendereya), the bay filly is out of a half-sister to MSW & MGP Abbondanza (Alphabet Soup). A $70K KEENOV weanling and $165K KEESEP yearling, Russian Samovar blossomed into a $650K OBSMAR purchase after clocking an eighth of a mile in the bullet time of :20 2/5. B-Zayat Stables LLC (KY)
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Santa Anita Has FrontRunner Restaurant, Other Areas Open For Simulcasting
With two of the nation's most popular race meets in full swing, Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., is open for simulcast wagering from Del Mar, Saratoga and other tracks across North America on a Wednesday through Sunday basis with free parking and admission offered in most available areas.
On Wednesdays, Santa Anita's Grandstand Paddock Room is open at 10 a.m. and from Thursday through Sunday, the track's popular FrontRunner Restaurant is open beginning at 11 a.m. with a $5 admission charge. (On Friday's FrontRunner opens at 1 p.m. as first post time at Del Mar is at 4 p.m.).
The FrontRunner, which is glass-enclosed and affords attendees a panoramic view of the San Gabriel Mountains in air conditioned comfort, offers a lunch and dinner menu along with complete cocktail service throughout the afternoon.
Along with its FrontRunner Restaurant, Santa Anita's Sirona's Sports Bar, located on the Grandstand main floor, provides ample pari-mutuel windows from main line one through main line three, beginning at 9:45 a.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
With the exception of the FrontRunner, admission is free to all other areas, including night simulcast wagering in the Paddock Room.
With several non-racing events currently in progress in the South Parking Lot, fans are encouraged to enter Santa Anita via Gate 5, on the northeast end of the track at the confluence of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place. Fans can then enter the facility on foot through the East Gate, which is located in close proximity to both reserved and general parking.
In accordance with LA County Health Department guidelines, fans are asked to wear face coverings in indoor settings.
Live racing returns to The Great Race Place on Friday, Oct. 1. For additional information regarding simulcasting and live racing, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.
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$132,105 Carryover In Friday’s Pick 6 At Saratoga
The Pick 6 on Friday will be bolstered by a $132,105 carryover as the multi-race wager went unsolved Thursday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The $1 Pick 6 returned $14,678 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.
Thursday's sequence kicked off in Race 5 with 2-1 mutuel favorite Key Point [No. 9, $6.80] graduating on debut in a six-furlong maiden sprint for New York-bred juveniles. Jose Ortiz engineered the winning trip for four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown.
The cleverly-named Dufresne [No. 1, $24.80], by Uncaptured, wired a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon maiden turf sprint for state-bred juvenile fillies in Race 6. Jose Lezcano was in the irons for trainer Michael Trombetta.
Take It Off [No. 3, $79] provided the biggest upset of the sequence with a gate-to-wire score in a seven-furlong claiming sprint for 3-year-olds and up in Race 7. Jalon Samuel put the A.C. Avila filly on the point and never looked back, opening up in the stretch run to win by four lengths.
In Race 8, Letmeno [No. 4, $10.20] provided yet another prominent winner as the 4-year-old Twirling Candy colt led at every point of call under Junior Alvarado in the seven-furlong optional-claiming sprint for trainer Ian Wilkes.
Get The Candy [No. 11] had the lead in the stretch run of Race 9 – a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint – but Itsakeyper [No. 3, $36.40] was tipped off the rail by Dylan Davis and reeled in the leader to capture the state-bred allowance for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up.
With the carryover already guaranteed heading into the Race 10 finale – and only Amano [No. 3, $7.90], Group Hug [No. 4], Complicate [No. 9] and Abaan [No. 12] paying out to 5-of-6 winners – the Chad Brown-trained mutuel favorite Amano obliged under confident handling by Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Friday's Pick 6 kicks off in Race 5 at 3:21 p.m. Eastern and includes the $120,000 Tale of the Cat, a six-furlong sprint for 4-year-olds and up who have not won a graded race in 2021 in Race 9. First post on the 10-race card is 1:05 p.m. Eastern.
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