December, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Gulfstream Rainbow 6 Hit For $407,067 Saturday

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 was hit Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., and returned $407,067.66.

The Rainbow 6 will have a guaranteed gross pool Sunday of $100,000.

Sunday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10. Andry Blanco's Peter D will put his undefeated record on Tapeta on the line in Race 6, a mile-and-70-yard optional claiming starter allowance for 2-year-olds. The son of He's Has Enough, who won his debut on dirt at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Del., and finished fifth in his Gulfstream debut in a turf sprint, became a stakes winner in his third career start while winning the Florida-bred Juvenile in his Tapeta debut at a mile and 70 yards. Peter D came right back to score a dominating four-length victory in a Nov. 12 optional claiming starter allowance on Tapeta.

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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‘Slow Down’ Mows Down Messier in Los Al Futurity

Reddam Racing homebred Slow Down Andy (Nyquist) upset 'TDN Rising Star' and last-out GIII Bob Hope S. winner Messier (Empire Maker) Saturday with a decisive score in the GII Los Alamitos Futurity S.

A debut winner against fellow Cal-breds going 5 1/2 panels at Santa Anita Oct. 9, he was a close second in Del Mar's seven-furlong Golden State Juvenile S. Nov. 5 and was dispatched at 5-1 in this first try around two turns and against open company.

Away a step slow from the outside stall in this field of five, Slow Down Andy was pulled back towards the inside by rider Mario Gutierrez, who also piloted his Eclipse-winning sire, and settled at the back of the pack alongside the Bob Baffert-trained Barossa (Into Mischief). Olympic Legend (Street Boss), a 45-1 shot, dictated terms with Slow Down Andy's stablemate Durante (Distorted Humor) on his outside hip and heavily favored Messier just off that one's flank through a :22.79 opening quarter. Slow Down Andy continued to watch the show alongside Barossa as Messier charged up to turn up the heat on the pacesetter. Olympic Legend and Durante inched a bit ahead to maintain the initial order as the half went in :46.62.

Durante had enough waiting at that point, sweeping to the lead with Messier right beside him as Olympic Legend called it quits. Slow Down Andy and Barossa charged up in unison to confront the top two and they were four across turning for home with Slow Down Andy in the four path. Barossa and Durante both threw in the towel at the top of the lane leaving Messier and Slow Down Andy to duke it out for the top spot. A battle ensued, with the pair brushing briefly, before Slow Down Andy kicked it into high gear, rolling clear of the chalk to spring the upset by a length over Messier. It was nine lengths back to Barossa in third with Durante back in fourth. Olympic Legend was eased.

“If it was up to me we would have run in the California-bred race [King Glorious S. Sunday]. It was strictly Paul [Reddam] wanting to take a chance and having faith in Slow Down Andy and thank God he did. We figured our other horse [Durante] would show speed and being in [post five] we hoped Mario [Gutierrez] would get good position and ride his race. Down the stretch it looked like we had it and then we didn't and then we did, so it was very exciting. He doesn't really remind me of Nyquist. This horse has a lot of different gears and Nyquist was just a beast, so precocious. This horse is pretty calm and more mentally versatile at this stage than Nyquist ever was.”

“He relaxed perfectly early,” Gutierrez said. “When I saw the opening going to the turn I sent him through and he responded. I think he was just playing around in the stretch. When Messier got back in front of him, he regained his focus and showed his heart.”

Pedigree Notes:

Hailing from the second crop of his connections' champion and GI Kentucky Derby hero Nyquist, Slow Down Andy is the third graded winner and seventh black-type scorer for his sire. His dam Edwina E (Square Eddie) is also a Reddam homebred, who was winless in two starts, but has produced three winners from three foals of racing age. Her second foal is Slow Down Andy's stakes-winning full-brother Team Merchants. The 9-year-old mare's recent produce includes a yearling colt by the Reddam and O'Neill-campaigned dual Classic winner I'll Have Another. Her 2021 colt by Pavel died.

Saturday, Los Alamitos
LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY-GII, $300,000, Los Alamitos, 12-11, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:42.33, ft.
1–SLOW DOWN ANDY, 120, c, 2, by Nyquist
1st Dam: Edwina E, by Square Eddie
2nd Dam: Electric Daze, by Gilded Time
3rd Dam: Electric Fable, by Quiet American
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Reddam
Racing, LLC (CA); T-Doug F. O'Neill; J-Mario Gutierrez.
$180,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $249,850.
*Full to Team Merchants, SW, $177,490. Werk Nick Rating: A.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Messier, 120, c, 2, Empire Maker–Checkered Past, by Smart
Strike. ($470,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL). O-Golconda Stable, Madaket
Stables LLC, SF Racing LLC, Siena Farm LLC, Starlight Racing,
Waves Edge Capital LLC, Catherine Donovan, Robert E.
Masterson & Jay A. Schoenfarber; B-Sam-Son Farm (ON);
T-Bob Baffert. $60,000.
3–Barossa, 120, c, 2, Into Mischief–Bouquet Booth, by Flower
Alley. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($775,000
Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Golconda Stable, Madaket Stables LLC,
SF Racing LLC, Siena Farm LLC, Starlight Racing, Stonestreet
Stables, LLC, Waves Edge Capital LLC, Catherine Donovan,
Robert E. Masterson & Jay A. Schoenfarber; B-Spendthrift
Farm, LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $36,000.
Margins: 1, 9, 1 3/4. Odds: 5.20, 0.50, 3.10.
Also Ran: Durante, Olympic Legend.
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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Pletcher Sends Out Pair Of Debut Winners At Gulfstream

Trainer Todd Pletcher unveiled a pair of impressive debut winners Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm were represented in the winner's circle by Emmanuel and Dean's List following their dominating triumphs in maiden special weight races for 2-year-olds.

Emmanuel, a son of More Than Ready, produced a dazzling front-running score in Race 7, running a mile in 1:36.47 to win by a comfortable 6 ¾ lengths as the 7-5 favorite.

Three races earlier on the card, Dean's List, a son of Speightstown, rolled to a 5 ½-length score in a six-furlong sprint.

“They had been workmates the last few times and they both trained like quality horses,” Pletcher said. “We were obviously not wanting to run them against one another, so we felt like this guy [Emmanuel] was better suited for the mile first time out. Glad it worked out.”

Both promising colts were ridden by Luis Saez, who also won the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector aboard Officiating.

Emmanuel, who broke cleanly and alertly from the rail post position, set fractions of :23.66 and :45.96 for the first half mile before completing six furlongs in 1:11.08 and seven furlongs in 1:23.66.

“I have to give him a lot of credit. To win from the one hole going a mile first time out, that's a demanding task. I'm proud of him for doing it and it looked like he did it the right way,” Pletcher said.

Dean's List pressed the pace set by Felix past fractions of :21.70 and :44.36 for a half mile before asserting himself in the stretch.

“We were hoping for a good performance. He'd been breezing like a horse that would run well in his debut. He broke sharply and ran a professional race,” Pletcher said. “They were rolling along but it looked like he was in hand, doing it comfortably, so we're happy with everything.”

The WinStar homebred, who went to post as the 6-5 favorite, ran six furlongs in 1:09.92.

Pletcher trained both More Than Ready, a most versatile G1 winner, and Speightstown, the 2014 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter – the respective sires of Emmanuel and Dean's List.

“We've had a lot of More Than Readys over the years, and this is a bigger, scopier colt than a lot of them,” Pletcher said. “I told someone this morning that was asking about him, I said he kind of reminds me of a Verrazano type – a big, physical, strong imposing colt. You're always concerned going a mile first time out, but we felt like he had shown us enough in the mornings.”

More Than Ready has been a highly successful sire of dirt and turf horses.

“It's been great to watch that over the years. It seems like just yesterday I was so anxious to see the first More Than Ready foals and now 20 years later, he's still going strong,” Pletcher said. “He's a phenomenal stallion, so versatile, he's just unbelievable.”

Dean's List is a Speightstown lookalike.

“He reminds us a lot of Speightstown. He's built like him and looks a lot like him,” said Pletcher. “Speightstown's had such a great career it's fun to have one.”

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‘Doppel’ Vision: Another Rising Star for Into Mischief

Sent off the 1-2 jolly to opening his account at first asking, Doppelganger (Into Mischief) never felt a crack of jockey Flavien Prat's whip and cruised home a 3 1/2-length winner to become yet another 'TDN Rising Star' for his all-conquering sire.

Assigned gate one for the unveiling, the blinkered bay played pinball on three occasions with Asphalt Andy (Tapiture) to the outside, costing him any chance to make the lead, but he settled kindly and traveled comfortably while behind horses into the turn. Going well approaching the long stretch run at Los Al, the $570,000 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling Showcase purchase was eased out for running room, and, with Prat a mere passenger, rolled home to take it in effortless fashion.

A remarkable 29th Rising Star for Into Mischief, Doppelganger is bred on the same cross over Fappiano-line mares as champion and MGISW Covfefe as well as other GSWs Private Mission, Largent and Maximus Mischief.

The winner's stakes-winning and two-time graded stakes-placed dam, who once raced for a $25,000 tag, was purchased by WinStar for $350,000 at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton November Sale and is now responsible for four winners from as many to the races. The mare's yearling colt by Speightstown fetched $340,000 from Suehiro racing at this year's Keeneland September sale and, after missing in 2021, was bred to Improbable.

8th-Los Alamitos, $54,312, Msw, 12-11, 2yo, 6f, 1:09.21, ft, 3 1/2 lengths.
DOPPELGANGER, c, 2, by Into Mischief
1st Dam: Twice the Lady (SW & MGSP, $312,204), by Quiet American
2nd Dam: Catherine's Crown, by Chief's Crown
3rd Dam: Catherine's Bet, by Grey Dawn II
Sales history: $570,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $31,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Golconda Stable, Madaket Stables LLC, SF Racing LLC, Siena Farm LLC, Starlight Racing, Waves Edge Capital LLC, Catherine Donovan, Robert E Masterson & Jay A Schoenfarber; B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert.

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