July, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

NYRA Honors Late Trainer Dominic Galluscio, Farrier Ray Amato With Pancreatic Cancer Fundraiser

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will honor the legacy of the late trainer Dominic Galluscio while raising funds and awareness for pancreatic cancer research during Lustgarten Foundation Day at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, July 23.

The day's first race will be named in honor of Galluscio, who passed away in 2014 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. A popular and respected figure among his peers, Galluscio trained more than 1,000 winners and earned more than $31 million in purses over a career that began in 1981 and was spent primarily on the New York circuit.

Also being remembered on Saturday will be farrier Ray Amato, Jr., who died in 2021 from pancreatic cancer. Amato, Jr. was a familiar and valued member of the New York racing community, having teamed for many years with his father Ray. Together, they shod hundreds of stakes winners, including two Kentucky Derby winners (Super Saver in 2010 and Always Dreaming in 2017) and three Belmont Stakes winners (Rags to Riches in 2007, Palace Malice in 2013 and Tapwrit in 2017).

The centerpiece of the day will be an autograph session with Saratoga's leading trainers from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Jockey Silks Room Porch to benefit the Lustgarten Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission of advancing scientific and medical research related to pancreatic cancer. One hundred percent of all donations to the Lustgarten Foundation fund life-saving pancreatic cancer research.

Gates open at 11 a.m. on Saturday with first post scheduled for 1:05 p.m. The day's features are the Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on the dirt at 1 1/8 miles, and the Grade 3, $200,000 Caress for fillies and mares on the turf at 5 ½ furlongs.

Racing is conducted five days a week at Saratoga Race Course, Wednesdays through Sundays, apart from the final week, when the meet will conclude on Labor Day.

For additional information, visit NYRA.com.

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Every Race, Every Day: TVG Presents Enhanced Coverage Of Del Mar Meet

Opening Day at Del Mar begins on Friday, July 22 and TVG, America's horse racing network, will be live on-site for each day of the prestigious meet with enhanced coverage, features and expert analysis. The weekend broadcast will also include the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational on Saturday from Monmouth Park featuring a showdown between Grade 1 winner Taiba and the undefeated Jack Christopher.

TVG will have a full roster of talent on-site at Del Mar for opening weekend including Todd Schrupp, Simon Bray, Christina Blacker, Dave Weaver and Kurt Hoover with exclusive interviews, insights and handicapping selections. Andie Biancone will be on horseback throughout the day reporting from on the track. TVG's coverage of the Del Mar meet is presented by Runhappy.

Fans will enjoy enhanced coverage which includes the utilization of drone technology as well as a behind-the-scenes look through a Jockey Cam utilized every day of the meet.

Del Mar has a ten-race card lined up for Opening Day and the featured race is the $100,000 Runhappy Oceanside Stakes. Restricted to three-year-olds, the one-mile contest will be contested on the turf and has drawn a full field of fourteen sophomores.

Mackinnon, third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) last November, will break from the rail under jockey Juan Hernandez for trainer Doug O'Neill.

The coverage of Del Mar's meet will run through Labor Day and will include the TVG Pacific Classic (G1) on September 3. The TVG Pacific Classic is a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” Challenge races which will earn the winner an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup which will be held at Keeneland on November 4-5. The Pacific Classic is one of six Breeders' Cup Challenge races to be held at Del Mar alongside the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) on July 30, the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G2) on August 6, the Pat O'Brien Handicap (G2) on August 27, the Del Mar Handicap (G2) on September 3 and the Green Flash Handicap (G3) on September 4.

There will be a Money Back Special promotion on select races throughout the Del Mar Meet as well as a $2,000 Hit it or Split It promotion every Thursday and Friday of the season including Opening Day.

There will be on-site coverage throughout the weekend at Monmouth Park leading up to the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational on Saturday, July 23. TVG's Scott Hazelton, Larry Collmus, Matt Carothers, Caleb Keller and Joaquin Jaime will be reporting live from New Jersey with insights, interviews and analysis leading up to the marquee race for 3-year-olds.

The TVG.com Haskell (G1) is the anchor of Monmouth's fourteen-race card which includes a total of six stakes races. Taiba, last seen finishing twelfth in the Kentucky Derby (G1), has been installed as the morning line favorite in the eight-horse field at odds of 7-5 for trainer Bob Baffert. Baffert has saddled nine Haskell winners, most recently with Authentic in 2020. Taiba's rivals include Jack Christopher, undefeated from four starts for trainer Chad Brown. The dual Grade 1 winner was last seen winning the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park.

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Modernist to Chile for Southern Hemisphere Season

Darby Dan Farm's first-year sire Modernist (Uncle Mo) will stand the Southern Hemisphere season at Haras Santa Olga in Santiago, Chile. He bred 141 mares this spring at Darby Dan while standing for an initial fee of $10,000, stands and nurses.

Hall of Famer Bill Mott conditioned Modernist for Martin and Pam Wygod, who campaigned him as a homebred. His wins included the GII Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds and Aqueduct's GIII Excelsior S., while also placing in another three graded events. His unraced dam is a half-sister to Breeders' Cup winners Sweet Catomine (Storm Cat), also a champion, and Life is Sweet (Storm Cat).

The deal was brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock.

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Woodbine Schedules Mandatory Payout Of Power Pick-6 On Saturday

Woodbine Entertainment has announced a mandatory payout will be offered this Saturday afternoon (July 23) for the Power Pick-6 at Woodbine Racetrack.

A Jackpot Pick-6 wager, the carryover for the Power Pick-6 currently sits at $211,572.49.

The Power Pick-6 has a 15 per cent take out, $0.20 minimum and is offered daily on the final six races of the card. The Jackpot can only be hit when one single winning, six out of six, ticket exists. In the event of multiple winning tickets or no six out of six winning tickets, 50 per cent of the day's pool is paid out as a consolation, while the remainder is added to the carryover.

Horseplayers can watch and wager on this weekend's action from Woodbine through HPIbet.com.

Post time for Friday, Saturday and Sunday is 1 p.m.

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