June, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Stephen Foster Hopefuls Mandaloun, Americanrevolution, Title Ready Breeze At Churchill

One week before the $750,000 Stephen Foster (G2) July 2 at Churchill Downs, probable entrants Mandaloun (five furlongs, 1:00.80), Americanrevolution (five furlongs, 1:00.20), and Title Ready (four furlongs, :49.40) logged their final moves Saturday prior to the 1 1/8-mile race.

Juddmonte's Mandaloun, the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, worked at 5:30 a.m. (ET) for trainer Brad Cox. The 4-year-old son of Into Mischief breezed solo, which has been different than his previous works when he was in company with stablemate Fulsome.

“We thought about running in the Salvator Mile (G3) (last Saturday at Monmouth Park), but it didn't make sense to ship him across the country with the hot weather when we can run out of our own stall at Churchill,” Cox said. “Once we got him back to the barn after the (February 26) Saudi Cup (G1), he's really been doing well at Churchill and we've been very pleased with his progress from that race to run him in a race like the Stephen Foster.”

CHC Inc and WinStar Farm's New York-bred Americanrevolution worked at 7:30 a.m. in company with Blame Stakes winner Dynamic One. The two Todd Pletcher trainees galloped out six furlongs in 1:13. Americanrevolution finished fourth, beaten three lengths in the Blame June 4.

“It was maybe a better race than it looks on paper,” Pletcher said. “He was pretty wide on both turns – figure wise, it came back solid. I think he took all the worst of it there off the layoff and when his schedule was adjusted late (when the Commentator at Belmont Park did not fill). He should be ready to move forward.”

Dyanmic One is likely to run in the $400,000 Suburban (G2) on July 9 at Belmont Park, according to Pletcher.

Charles Fipke's homebred Title Ready finished third in the $500,000 Alysheba (G2) in his last start behind top Stephen Foster contender Olympiad.

Entries for the Stephen Foster close Wednesday.

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NYRA Sets Post Times For Upcoming Saratoga Meet

The New York Racing Association on Saturday announced post times for the upcoming 40-day summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, which will feature 77 stakes worth $22.6 million in total purses.

The summer meet opens Thursday, July 14, and concludes Monday, September 5.

The summer meet, which will offer at least one stakes race every live racing day, will be highlighted by the Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers on August 27 and the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 6.

With the exception of 12-race cards, Travers Day, Whitney Day, and Closing Weekend, first post on live race days will be 1:05 p.m. (ET).

The 153rd running of the Runhappy Travers highlights an action-packed August 27 card that includes five other graded stakes worth a total of $4.1 million.

The Runhappy Travers Day card will begin at 11:35 a.m. and also features the Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer for older horses at 1 1/2 miles on turf in pursuit of a berth into the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf; the Grade 1, $600,000 Personal Ensign for older fillies and mares going nine furlongs; the Grade 1, $600,000 Forego at seven-furlongs for 4-year-olds and upward; and the Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs. Rounding out the card is the Grade 2, $400,000 Ballston Spa for turf fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles.

Saratoga's first Grade 1 of 2022 is the $500,000 Diana for turf fillies and mares on Saturday, July 16. The card will offer a 1:05 p.m. first post and also includes the Grade 3, $175,000 Sanford, a six-furlong sprint for juveniles.

Whitney Day on August 6, which kicks off with a 12:35 p.m. first post, will feature three Grade 1 events, led by the Whitney at nine furlongs for older horses and offering an automatic berth to the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic in November at Keeneland.

Whitney Day will also include the $500,000 Longines Test for sophomore fillies and the $1 million Caesars Saratoga Derby Invitational, the second jewel of the Caesars Turf Triple series for sophomore males. Also on tap is the Grade 2, $250,000 Glens Falls for fillies and mares on turf, and the $135,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure.

Closing Weekend of the Saratoga meet will offer a 12:35 p.m. post time Saturday through Monday.

Saturday, September 3 will feature a pair of Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” events with the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup [Classic] at 10 furlongs for 3-year-olds and up, and the Grade 2, $600,000 Flower Bowl [Filly & Mare Turf], an 11-furlong turf test for older fillies and mares, to anchor a day that also includes the Grade 2, $250,000 Prioress and the Grade 3, $200,000 Saranac.

The Grade 1, $300,000 Spinaway for juvenile fillies features on the Sunday, September 4 card; and Closing Day on Labor Day, September 5 will offer the Grade 1, $300,000 Hopeful for juveniles and Grade 3, $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap on the turf for 3-year-olds and up.

For more information, visit NYRA.com.

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Monmouth, BetMakers Team Again To Sponsor $1 Million Bonus For Three-Race Sweep That Begins With Haskell

Monmouth Park and BetMakers Technology Group will again partner as sponsors for the $1 million “BetMakers Bonanza” bonus for the connections of any horse that sweeps a series of three designated races, the track announced Saturday.

To earn the seven-figure bonus, a horse has to the win the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) July 23 at Monmouth Park, the Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) August 27 at Saratoga, and the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) November 5 at Keeneland.

This marks the third straight year that Monmouth Park and BetMakers have offered the bonus, with Authentic earning the $1 million in 2021 during the COVID-19 altered racing schedule.

“BetMakers has been a great partner for Monmouth Park, and we're pleased to be able to offer the BetMakers Bonanza bonus for a third straight year,” said Dennis Drazin, the chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, operators of Monmouth Park.

Australia-based BetMakers previously teamed with Monmouth Park to make Fixed Odds wagering available at the Jersey Shore during the current meet, the only racetrack in the United States to offer such wagering. With Fixed Odds, bettors get the odds at the time of their bet.

“It's great to continue to support creative initiatives from Monmouth Park as Monmouth Park continues to innovate in the racing space,” said Dallas Baker, the head of International Operations for BetMakers. “It's been a big year for the Monmouth Park-BetMakers partnership with the massive new infield board that has proven to be quite popular, Fixed Odds betting up and running, and new betting terminals being rolled out. Hopefully, we can see the bonus handed out again, just like when Authentic earned it in 2021.”

Authentic won the Haskell Stakes, following that with victories in the Kentucky Derby (G1), and Breeders' Cup Classic, on the way to Horse of the Year honors. The Kentucky Derby was rescheduled from its traditional spot the first Saturday in May to September 5 that year.

The Haskell Stakes, the centerpiece of the Monmouth Park meet, will be contested for the 55th time and offers the added inducement as a “Win & You're In” qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

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Grade I Winners Prep For Foster

A week ahead of their expected clash in the $750,000 GII Stephen Foster H. at Churchill Downs, 'TDN Rising Star' Mandaloun (Into Mischief) and fellow Grade I winner Americanrevolution (Constitution) each breezed five furlongs beneath the Twin Spires Saturday morning.

The adjudicated winner of the 2021 GI Kentucky Derby, Mandaloun hit the track at 5:30 a.m. and covered the five furlongs while working on his own in 1:00.80 under the watchful eye of trainer Brad Cox. His previous moves had come in the company of his GIII Oaklawn Mile-winning stablemate Fulsome (Into Mischief). Mandaloun was an impressive winner of the GIII Louisiana S. in his first start of the season and was last seen finishing a well-beaten ninth in the G1 Saudi Cup Feb. 26.

“We thought about running in the [GIII] Salvator Mile [at Monmouth Park June 18], but it didn't make sense to ship him across the country with the hot weather when we can run out of our own stall at Churchill,” Cox said. “Once we got him back to the barn after the Saudi Cup, he's really been doing well at Churchill and we've been very pleased with his progress from that race to run him in a race like the Stephen Foster.”

Americanrevolution breezed in the company of last-out Blame S. winner Dynamic One (Union Rags) and went the distance in 1:00.20 before galloping out six panels in 1:13. The CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm runner won last year's GI Cigar Mile H. and was to have returned in the state-bred restricted Commentator S. at Belmont late last month, but was re-routed for the Blame when the race did not go. Americanrevolution was only fourth as the 11-10 favorite in the Blame, but trainer Todd Pletcher is taking a glass-half-full approach.

“It was maybe a better race than it looks on paper,” Pletcher said. “He was pretty wide on both turns–figure-wise, it came back solid. I think he took all the worst of it there off the layoff and when his schedule was adjusted late. He should be ready to move forward.”

Title Ready (More Than Ready), third to the Foster-bound Olympiad (Speightstown) in the May 6 GII Alysheba S. at Churchill, went a half-mile in :49.40 for trainer Dallas Stewart.

The Foster is a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic.

Cyberknife Works Toward Haskell…

Gold Square LLC's Cyberknife (Gun Runner), who most recently nosed out Howling Time (Not This Time) in the GIII Matt Winn S. June 12, returned to the worktab Saturday morning with a half-mile breeze that was timed in :48.80 (42/125). The GI Arkansas Derby hero is likely to make his next appearance in the GI TVG.com Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park July 23.

“He's a Grade I winner already and I think a race like the Haskell could help him increase his stallion value,” said Cox, who won last year's Haskell with the promoted Mandaloun. “He gutted out a victory in the Matt Winn last time and showed a lot of determination to get to the wire from off the pace. It'll be a tough race in the Haskell, but we're confident with him going up against Grade I-caliber horses.”

Cyberknife's owner Al Gold is a native of New Jersey.

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