Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, April 2
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Ayr, Newbury, Lingfield, Wolverhampton and Chepstow.
Month: April 2022
FTC Approves HISA Enforcement Rules, Cost Assessments To State Racing Commissions
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) reached significant milestones this week with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approving the proposed Enforcement and Methodology Assessment Rules in addition to the distribution of the 2022 cost assessments to state racing commissions. As the July 1, 2022, program effective date for the Racetrack Safety Program approaches, these developments are the latest steps forward in HISA's mission to make racing safer and protect the integrity of the sport through uniform rules, enforcement mechanisms and accreditation standards.
“These developments bring us closer to fulfilling our mandate to protect the wellbeing of both horse and rider through uniform rules and accreditation standards,” said HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus. “The Racetrack Safety Program will expand veterinary oversight, impose surface maintenance and testing requirements, enhance jockey safety and implement voided claim rules, among other important measures that will go into effect on July 1.”
The Enforcement Rule (8000 Series) describes a range of violations and civil sanctions, establishes procedures for disciplinary and racetrack accreditation hearings, and grants the Authority necessary investigatory powers. Its approval by the FTC indicates that the rules meet the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act's (the Act) requirement to define violations and provide for adequate due process, including impartial hearing officers or tribunals commensurate with the seriousness of the alleged violation. In developing these rules, the Authority relied to a great extent upon rules governing horseracing as they currently exist in most states.
The annual assessments that state racing commissions are receiving today were determined by the FTC approved Methodology Assessment Rule (8500 Series), which outlines a process designed to ensure fairness and equity across thoroughbred racing jurisdictions. The cost calculations represent each state's proportionate share of HISA's 2022 budget as required under the Act. Under the rule, HISA calculated 50% of each state racing commission's cost according to the total number of starts in covered races and the remaining half based on starts weighted for purses in covered races.
It is HISA's intention to work with relevant stakeholders on an ongoing basis to evolve and improve the rules as more data become available and as circumstances dictate.
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Aqueduct’s Pick 6 Has Saturday Carryover Of $39,862
Saturday's nine-race card at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y., will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $39,862 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Friday.
The $1 Pick 6 returned $603.50 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 horses correctly.
Friday's sequence kicked on in Race 3 with O Shea Can U See [No. 5, $9.90] prevailing in a one-turn mile claiming event for 3-year-olds and up under Samuel Camacho, Jr. for owner-trainer Daniel Laxmeter.
Jockey Manny Franco was nearly unseated from Patient Capital [No. 5, $5.20] at the start of Race 5 but recovered in remarkable fashion to graduate in style in the six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up. Chad Brown trained the winner for Klaravich Stables.
Sweet Surprise [No. 4, $14.80], with Dylan Davis up for Bruce Brown, provided a mild upset in Race 5 traveling a one-turn mile for sophomore fillies, before the favored Dr Ardito [No. 5, $3.50] scored easily in Race 6, a one-mile optional-claimer for 3-year-olds and up.
Brunate [No. 8, $6.40], with Jose Gomez up for H. James Bond, wore down Tamburro's Sox to capture Race 7, a six-furlong claiming sprint for 3-year-olds and up.
With only four horses uncovered in Race 8 finale, Masked Marauder [No. 7, $43.20] staved off the challenge of even-money favorite Key Point to secure the carryover as the longest price in the sequence. Gomez guided the winner for Rudy Rodriguez in the 6 1/2-furlong allowance sprint for New York-breds 3-years-old and up.
The Pick 6 kicks off Saturday at the Big A in Race 4 at 2:52 p.m. Eastern and will include the $150,000 Excelsior in Race 8. First post is 1:20 p.m.
America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/racing/tv-schedule.
NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Aqueduct Racetrack, and the best way to bet every race of the winter 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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Betting Opportunities, Guaranteed Pools Abound On Gulfstream’s Florida Derby Day Program
The $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) will headline Saturday's 14-race program featuring 10 stakes, six of them graded, worth $2.2 million in purses at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. The 71st running of Gulfstream's tradition-rich Triple Crown prep race will also anchor the all-stakes sequences of the 20-cent Rainbow 6, the Late Pick 5, and the Late Pick 4.
The Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $750,000 Saturday after going unsolved Friday for the 12th racing day in a row since the jackpot was hit for a $342,836.75 payoff.
The pools for both the Late Pick 5 (Races 10-14) and the Late Pick 4 (Races 11-14) will be guaranteed at $750,000.
The Curlin Florida Derby in Race 14 will feature a clash between Antonio Sano-trained Simplification, who captured the March 5 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream by 3 ½ lengths, and Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained White Abarrio, who returns to action for the first time since soundly defeating Simplification in the Feb. 5 Holy Bull (G3). Brian Lynch-trained Classic Causeway, who is coming off victories in the Sam F. Davis (G3) and Tampa Bay Derby (G2), is slated to tune up for a planned start in the May 7 Kentucky Derby in the 1 1/8-mile Curlin Florida Derby. Mark Casse-trained Pappacap, who finished second in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), Todd Pletcher-conditioned Charge It, who is coming off a dazzling maiden win; and Gustavo Delgado-trained O Captain, who finished a late-closing third in the Fountain of Youth, are also prominent entrants in a field of 11 3-year-olds.
The Rainbow 6 sequence (Races 9-14) will be kicked off by the $200,000 Pan American (G2), a 1 ½-mile turf stakes featuring the 2022 debut of multiple Grade 1-winning Gufo. The Christophe Clement-trained son of Declaration of War, who won the Sword Dancer (G1) at Saratoga last year and the Belmont Invitational (G1) in 2020, is 3-for-3 over the Gulfstream Park turf. Pletcher-trained Abaan, who captured the Jan. 29 McKnight (G3), will seek to rebound from a troubled fourth-place finish in the Mar 5 Mac Diarmida (G2). Michael Maker-trained Temple, who captured the Mac Diarmida, also returns in the Pan American.
The $100,000 Sir Shackleton presented by New Holland, a seven-furlong stakes that will kick off the Late Pick 5 in Race 10, drew a field of nine older horses, including Bill Mott-trained Fortin Hill, the 5-2 morning line favorite who finished second in a March 4 optional claiming allowance in his first start since running in the 2020 Forego (G1) at Saratoga. Carlos David-trained Quick Tempo will try to make it two in a row off the $62,500 claim, while Joseph-trained Collaborate will wear blinkers for the first time following a disappointing effort in the Gulfstream Park Mile (G2).
The $100,000 Sanibel Island, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies that will kick off the Late Pick 4, follows in Race 11. Mott-trained Mischievous Kiss, who finished third while coming off a four-month layoff in the Herecomesthebride (G3), is rated as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in an evenly matched field of 10 fillies.
In Race 12, the $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), a 1 1/16-mile prep for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Kentucky Derby eve at Churchill Downs, will be headlined by Shug McGaughey-trained undefeated Kathleen O., the 4-5 favorite in a field of seven 3-year-old fillies who tries two turns for the first time after winning the mile Davona Dale (G1) and Cash Run in her last two starts. Pletcher-trained Goddess of Fire, who finished a close second in the Feb. 19 Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds, is slated to make her Gulfstream debut in the Gulfstream Park Oaks.
The $100,000 Kitten's Joy Appleton (G3), a mile turf race for older horses in Race 13, may well be designated as a 'spread' race by many bettors. The Brian Lynch-trained 3-1 morning-line favorite, Phantom Currency, is scheduled to make his first start since winning the 2021 Mac Diarmida. Graham Motion-trained English Bee, graded stakes-placed in two of his last three starts, is rated second at 7-2.
There will be a mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 pool Sunday, the final racing day of the 2021-2022 Championship Meet.
The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is usually only 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 usually goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool. However, on mandatory-payout days, the entire pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the six-race sequence.
The $100,000 Orchid (G3), a 1 ½-mile turf races for older fillies and mares, will be the first of 10 stakes in Race 3. The 57th running of the Orchid will feature Brendan Walsh-trained Family Way, who came up a little short in her 2022 debut while finishing second the the March 5 The Very One (G3), and Beautiful Lover, the La Prevoyante (G3) winner two starts back. The $100,000 Sanibel Island, a 1 1/16-mile turf race for 3-year-olds, will be run as Race 5, followed by the $100,000 Ghostzapper (G3) in Race 6. Pletcher-trained Fearless, coming off second-place finishes Fred W. Hooper (G3) and Gulfstream Park Mile (G2) and McGaughey-trained Greatest Honour, the 2021 Fountain of Youth winner who returns to Gulfstream for his second start off a long layoff, are among the top contenders in the 1 1/8-mile stakes for older horses. The $100,000 Sand Springs, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for older fillies and mares, is carded as Race 7.
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