Michelle Hemingway has saddled several Grade 1 winners, but it wasn't until Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., that she was able to celebrate her first training victory in the U.S.
New Town Anner Stud Farm's Manor House ($24.60) overtook favored Financial System nearing the wire to win Saturday's featured optional claiming allowance in Race 9 and provide the Virginia native with her first official training victory with her very first starter.
Hemingway worked for some of the most prominent trainers in South Africa after earning an International Equine Marketing degree at Sweetbriar College in Virginia.
“I was a big-time assistant for Joey Ramsden, Glen Kotzen, and Mike de Kock. I had the opportunity to saddle Grade 1 horses,” Hemingway said. “It was very special, but not like today.”
Hemingway is a new addition to Thorostock, a 40-acre training, rehab, and breaking facility that manages New Anner Stud. She has training, rehabbing, and bloodstock responsibilities at bloodstock agent Nick Sallusto's Ocala, Fla., facility.
“I'm crying like a little girl,” she said in the Gulfstream Park winner's circle.
Formerly trained by Michael Stidham, Manor House won his debut by 12 ¼ lengths at Laurel Park last December before finishing off the board following a bad start in an optional claiming allowance at Fair Grounds in January. The 3-year-old son of Upstart came off a nine-month layoff for Saturday's one-turn mile feature but showed no signs of rust in the stretch, prevailing by a neck over Financial System, whom he closely tracked from the start under jockey Romero Maragh. The Florida-bred colt ran a mile in 1:36.03.
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Sunday's Pick 6 will be boosted by a $57,735 carryover as the multi-race wager went unsolved on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
The $1 Pick 6 returned $916 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.
Saturday's Pick 6 sequence kicked off in Race 5 when trainer Michelle Nevin and Kendrick Carmouche teamed up to win a seven-furlong turf allowance for New York-bred fillies and mares with Show Me the Honey [No. 4, $14.20].
Trainer Chad Brown earned his fifth victory in the $200,000 Grade 2 Sands Point [Race 6] when Head of Plains Partners homebred Fluffy Socks [No. 7, $10.20] rallied to an impressive score under jockey Joel Rosario.
Apprentice rider Omar Hernandez Moreno piloted Hoopla [No. 5, $5.80] to his second career victory in Race 7 for trainer Bruce Brown.
Brown and Rosario teamed up for victory once more in Race 8 when Gabby Squared [No. 7, $6.00] won by three lengths over the inner turf for a $30,000 tag.
Happy Sophia [No. 5, $30.00] lit up the tote board in the penultimate leg of the sequence under veteran rider Mike Luzzi for trainer Randi Persaud.
Closing out the sequence in Race 10, Three Diamonds Farm's Lemon Taffy [No. 5, $10.20] made her seventh career start a winning one for trainer Mike Maker.
Featuring a $1 bet minimum and 15 percent takeout, the Pick 6 wager requires bettors to select the first-place finisher of six designated races on the card. A total of 75 percent of the full pool, minus takeout, will be distributed to bettors who select the first-place finisher of all six races. A consolation payout of 25 percent of the net pool will be distributed to tickets selecting 5-of-6 winners.
Sunday's Pick 6 kicks off in Race 4 at 2:11 p.m. Eastern and includes the $150,000 Floral Park for fillies and mares going six furlongs over the inner turf. First post on the 9-race card is 12:35 p.m.
America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the fall meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.
NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Belmont Park, and the best way to bet every race of the fall meet. Available to horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.
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The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $125,000 Sunday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the fourth racing day following a $461,035.47 jackpot payoff.
The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.
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