Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, February 19
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Saturday's meetings at Ascot, Haydock, Wincanton, Lingfield and Newcastle.
Month: February 2022
Gulfstream Park: Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Has $1.1 Million Guarantee; Gaffalione Bags 4 Wins
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed for $1.1 million Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where the popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for 13 racing days in a row following a mandatory payout on Jan. 30.
The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 7-12, featuring the $150,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint in Race 11. Grade 1 winner Drain the Clock is rated as the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the six-furlong stakes for older horses. The Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained 4-year-old, who won the Woody Stephens (G1) at Belmont last season, is coming off a sharp optional allowance score at Gulfstream Dec. 10. Patrick Biancone-trained Diamond Oops, a multiple graded-stakes winner on turf and dirt, is scheduled to make his 2022 debut Saturday. Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained Miles Ahead, the 2021 Smile Sprint (G3) winner, and Carlos David-trained Gatsby, the Sunshine Sprint victor last time out, are also entered in the Gulfstream Park Sprint.
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.
Who's Hot: Tyler Gaffalione notched a four-win day Friday, winning three consecutive races aboard Running Memories ($8.60) in Race 2, Road to Meath ($63.60) in Race 3, and Spirit Wind ($5.80) in Race 4, before scoring aboard Social Engagement ($6.60) in Race 6.
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First Foals Arrive for Name Changer
The first two foals by Name Changer, winner of the 2018 GIII Monmouth Cup S., are fillies bred by Colts Neck Stables LLC, which raced the son of Uncle Mo throughout his career, and Kaz Hill Farm, where he retired to stud last year.
Colts Neck's filly is out of Fastener, an allowance winning Roman Ruler mare whose dam is a full sister to the dam of GI Kentucky Derby winner and leading sire Street Sense.
Kaz Hill's filly is out of Shanghai Shuffle, a winning daughter of Shanghai Bobby and stakes-placed Bailzee.
“These first two foals are the spitting image of Name Changer himself–with plenty of leg, great shoulders and all-around athleticism,” said Kaz Hill Farm manager Sal Martin. “If all his babies turn out this nicely, we're going to be spending a lot of time in the winner's circle at Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct starting in 2024.”
Name Changer stands at Peter Kazamias' Kaz Hill Farm in Middletown, NY.
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UAE Oaks: Shahama Remains Undefeated, Earns 50 Kentucky Oaks Points
Shahama extended her unbeaten record to four in the Grade 3 UAE Oaks at Meydan in Dubai on Friday.
Fawzi Nass' filly missed the break, faced plenty of kickback and had to circle the whole field, but was still far too good for her six rivals, beating the promising Arabian Gazelles (Mastery) by two lengths. Minwah (Cupid) finished third, followed by Uchchaihshravas.
She might have done it the hard way, but jockey Adrie De Vries is undaunted in his belief in the daughter of Munnings, bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock LLC and purchased from consignor Eddie Woods at the OBS April sale of 2-year-olds in training for $425,000.
“She was very upset today because of the screen, the music, [the start being in] the straight,” he said. “She jumped a bit awkward because she was sitting down in the gate.
“It was a little bit awkward as there were a few horses who couldn't bring me to the leader, so I had to go wide to get her out of the kickback, but she did it very easy.”
The UAE Oaks is an official qualifying points race on the road to the Kentucky Oaks, awarding 50 points to the winner, 20 for second, 10 for third and five for fourth.
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