July, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

American Pharoah’s American Theorem Takes ‘Win and You’re’ In Bing Crosby

American Theorem (American Pharoah), a narrow last out winner of the GII Triple Bend S. at Santa Anita May 29, punched his ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint with an upset victory in the 'Win and You're In' GI Bing Crosby S. at Del Mar.

Away at 7-1 while looking to provide trainer George Papaprodromou with a first Grade I victory, the runner-up in the 2019 GI American Pharoah S. kept the early leaders within his scope from his outside draw in sixth. He ranged up while five-wide rounding the far turn, hit the front at the top of the stretch and was never seriously threatened by the late rally of Get Her Number (Dialed In). Letsgetlucky (Munnings) was third.

A debut winner at two over the Del Mar main track, the gray ended a nine-race losing streak when cutting back in distance for the seven-furlong Triple Bend. He was a well-beaten sixth in both the GII San Pasqual S. and GI Santa Anita H. earlier this year.

Pedigree Notes:

In four North American crops of racing age, Horse of the Year and Coolmore stallion American Pharoah has 14 graded winners among his 27 black-type winners. American Theorem is the newest of his six Grade I winners, joining that highest-level group of As Time Goes By, Harvey's Lil Goil, Van Gogh (in France), Above the Curve (in France), and Cafe Pharoah (in Japan). A number of different broodmare sire lines are represented among American Pharoah's GISWs, with American Theorem his lone black-type winner out of a Maria's Mon mare. The late Maria's Mon, the source of American Theorem's gray coloring, was a sneaky-good sire who was responsible for two GI Kentucky Derby winners and is broodmare sire of 65 stakes winners.

The unraced Mighty Renee has produced five black-type performers out of her seven foals to race, including another Del Mar graded winner in 2011 GIII Sorrento S. victress Mighty Caroline. Her most recent foal is $210,000 Keeneland September yearling Captain Choochies (Classic Empire), an unraced now-2-year-old colt who worked July 28 at Del Mar, getting three panels in :36.60 (6/15). Mighty Renee's dam was also unraced, while her granddam was MGISW Over All (Mr. Prospector). Over All's extended family includes another Mr. Prospector star in Conquistador Cielo, 1982's Horse of the Year.

Saturday, Del Mar
BING CROSBY S.-GI, $402,000, Del Mar, 7-30, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:08.67, ft.
1–AMERICAN THEOREM, 124, r, 5, by American Pharoah
                1st Dam: Mighty Renee, by Maria's Mon
                2nd Dam: Margy, by Theatrical (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Over All, by Mr. Prospector
1ST GRADE I WIN. ($190,000 RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP). O-Kretz
Racing LLC; B-Sierra Farm (KY); T-George Papaprodromou;
J-Joe Bravo. $240,000. Lifetime Record: 12-4-3-0, $531,967.
*1/2 to Viel Spass (Kitten's Joy), SP-Jpn, $336,462; 1/2 to
Mighty Caroline (Stormy Atlantic), GSW, $140,000; 1/2 to
Cyclogenisis (Stormy Atlantic), MSW, $198,750.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.
   Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Get Her Number, 122, c, 4, Dialed In–Fancier, by Bernstein.
($45,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR). O-Gary Barber; B-Philip & Brenda
Robertson (KY); T-Peter Miller. $80,000.
3–Letsgetlucky, 122, g, 4, Munnings–My Cinsation, by Cindago.
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-Brown, Edward Rusty J., Klein, Alan P.
and Lebherz, Philip; B-Premier Thoroughbreds LLC (CA);
T-Brian J. Koriner. $48,000.
Margins: 1HF, 4 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 7.80, 7.20, 9.40.
Also Ran: Shaaz, Principe Carlo, Drain the Clock, Diamond Oops, Bagboss, Howbeit. Scratched: Desmond Doss. 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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Gulfstream Park: Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed At $350,000 Sunday

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $350,000 Sunday at Gulfstream Park.

The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for 10 racing days since a lucky bettor hit the jackpot for a $118,521 payoff Friday, July 8.

Sunday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10, featuring a stakes-quality optional claiming allowance in Race 9.

Multiple stakes winners Noble Drama and Shivaree are scheduled to clash in the mile race for 3-year-olds and up.

David Fawkes-trained Noble Drama, out of a half sister to 2010 champion sprinter Big Drama, is scheduled to make his 2022 debut. The 7-year-old gelded son of Gone Astray has won six stakes over the Gulfstream track while compiling career earnings of nearly $750,000.

Ralph Nicks-trained Shivaree has earned more than $550,000 during a career that includes a second-place finish behind Tiz the Law in the 2020 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream.

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% of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30% is carried over to the jackpot pool.

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Who’s The Star Powers From Last To Win Niagara In Record Time On Woodbine’s E. P. Taylor Course

Who's the Star, at 13-1, rallied from well off the pace to win Saturday's $105,800 Niagara Stakes, setting a record time in the 1 ¼-mile test over Woodbine's E.P. Taylor Turf Course.

Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson and Who's the Star, a 4-year-old son of Lane's End sire Tonalist out of Shine Forth, by Carson City, had no one behind them at the start of the Niagara. By the end of the race, they were in front of everyone winning by a half length in a final time of 1:59.77, a course record.

Last of 11 at the break, Who's the Star and Wilson watched as stablemate Like the King, to the inside, and a very wide Town Cruise, winner of last year's Ricoh Woodbine Mile (G1), tussled on the front end, with former holding a half-length advantage after an opening quarter in :25.40.

The pacesetters continued their battle through a half in :49.78, this time with Town Cruise on top by a half-length, and Mighty Heart in third. Wilson maintained a patient hand with her charge, still at the back of the pack, and waiting for the right moment to give the bay gelding his cue.

As the field rounded for home, Like the King was back on top and under pressure from all sides. Who's the Star, owned by M Racing Group LLC, began to pick up steam and ground on his rivals, as Wilson had him rolling on the outside, seventh at the stretch call, and gathering more momentum with every stride.

At the wire, the Mark Casse trainee bested 36-1 Collective Force, who was up for second. Like the King, also owned by M Racing Group and trained by Casse, held on gamely by a nose for third. Keyflower, another Casse entrant, was fourth.

Wilson, who found out that she had the mount earlier in the day, was impressed by the late-running talents of the horse bred in Kentucky by Oscar and John Penn.

“I was watching it all unfold,” said Wilson. “On paper, it was an interesting race, a mile and a quarter and top-heavy with speed. When Mark called me this morning to say I was going to ride this one, I had a quick chance to go back through his replays. I was quite confident when we turned for home that he was going to quicken with a ferocious kick.”

For Wilson, it was simply a question if they had run out of time and turf.

“It was about getting my rhythm and getting him happy [early on]. He seemed to be quite settled where we were. You don't want to build him up and get him going too soon. I knew about half-way down the backside that things were going to get more interesting. I thought we had a little too much to do at the top of the stretch – the other half of the entry kind of took control at the top of the lane – and I thought we were going to have a lot of work to do. I relied back on that :22 and change quarter he had last time, and I was confident the jet fuel was going to hit.”

It was the fourth win, along with a second and two thirds, from 13 career starts for Who's the Star, who arrived at the Niagara in winning form. He was victorious in his Woodbine debut on June 19 in a similar performance, going from last to first in the 1 ¼-mile test over the E.P. Taylor Turf.

Who's the Star paid $29.50.

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Epicenter Uncoils Late Kick From Last For Jim Dandy Win, Caps Graded Stakes Double For Asmussen, Rosario

Winchell Thoroughbreds' Epicenter arrived at the $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga Race Course with a vengeance following a frustrating run on the Triple Crown trail, finishing a close second as the favorite in both the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1). But on Saturday, he started the second half of the year off right, saving ground down the backstretch and making a wide sweeping move to capture the nine-furlong test by 1 1/2 lengths.

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen said the impressive score will springboard the son of leading third-crop stallion Not This Time to the 10-furlong, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers (G1) on August 27 at Saratoga. A total of 14 horses have swept the Jim Dandy-Travers double, including last year's winner Essential Quality.

“It's extremely rewarding off two tough races to bring him back in the winner's circle where we think he belongs,” Asmussen said. “[In] a four-horse field, it's always a lot of mobility. I was very happy with the solid, steady pace – I think that :48 and one, :12 for every eighth of a mile is what we're targeting. What I loved about it is the fact that [there is] another eighth in the Travers. It was his first race ever over Saratoga and we know what's on the menu next. We want to be as ready as we possibly can for it.”

Epicenter was second beaten three-quarters of a length in the Kentucky Derby, won by inside rallying 80-1 longshot Rich Strike, two weeks before making a late-closing inside rally in the Preakness but coming up 1 1/4 lengths short of victory to Jim Dandy rival Early Voting.

Epicenter secured a third graded stakes victory after capturing Fair Grounds Race Course's Risen Star (G2) and Louisiana Derby (G2) en route to the Kentucky Derby.

The Jim Dandy win came on the heels of another graded stakes victory Saturday for jockey Joel Rosario and Asmussen, who teamed up one race earlier to score a history-making triumph in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) with Jackie's Warrior, who has now won a Grade 1 at the Spa for three straight years.

Epicenter broke from the inside post in the four-horse field and trailed as Early Voting set the tempo into the first turn through an opening quarter-mile in :24.22 with Zandon, third in the Kentucky Derby, just 1 1/2 lengths back in second and Tawny Port skimming the rail in third.

Positions remained unchanged through a half-mile in :48.28, but Tawny Port inched his way closer to even terms with Zandon while Epicenter continued to save ground a close fourth and last. As the field rounded the far turn through three-quarters in 1:12.26, Jose Ortiz began asking Early Voting for more as Zandon launched his bid under Flavien Prat. Epicenter, still in last, fanned four-wide under no urging from Rosario.

All four runners appeared to have a fighting chance nearing the three-sixteenths pole, but Epicenter's late kick proved superior, gaining command outside the furlong marker and was in-hand while clocking a final time of 1:48.99.

Zandon finished a hard fought second, a half-length in front of Tawny Port. It was another 1 3/4 lengths back to Early Voting. Western River was scratched.

Bred in Kentucky by Westwind Farms, Epicenter was purchased for $260,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. He returned $4.20 for a $2 win wager as the odds-on favorite, earning a fifth lifetime victory through a record of 9-5-3-0, while banking $330,000 in victory. His career earnings surpassed the $2-million mark and now stand at $2,270,639.

Rosario, aboard for all five of Epicenter's victories, said he can feel the horse beginning to blossom.

“Seeing the race he put in today, [sitting] behind and waiting for the right time to go on and he did,” said Rosario, who piloted Good Samaritan to victory in the 2017 Jim Dandy. “We broke and got to the rail, probably not exactly what he wanted but the race played that way and got inside there for a little while. He ran his race but sometimes [it takes] a lot to go that way. He looked relaxed and did everything when I asked, so we look forward for that [the Travers].”

Asmussen, who captured his third Jim Dandy victory, said he felt anxious seeing Epicenter in last down the backstretch.

“Once he eased him out of that spot, Epicenter was carrying Joel very comfortably the whole way down the backside,” Asmussen said. “I was a little concerned how far back he was, but they threw up the middle fraction, they stayed at :12 [for the next eighth of a mile] and didn't back it up in his face. He had a shot from there. When he eased him out at the head of the lane, he was traveling really pretty.

“The fact that this is his first run over Saratoga [is good],” Asmussen added. “I didn't expect it to offer him any problems whatsoever, but it's a great relief for him to run his race over this track.”

Chad Brown, trainer of Zandon and Early Voting, said he expected a more forward trip for Epicenter.

“We sort of inherited the lead and that's fine,” Brown said. “On paper, most tracks you'd say 12 and change is not too bad, but this track has been pretty tiring. Clearly, Early Voting just didn't handle this track. We'll see how he comes back.”

In finishing second, Zandon maintained a perfect in-the-money record, which now stands at 2-2-2 from six starts.

Brown said Zandon, who closed from last-of-11 to win the Blue Grass (G1) in April at Keeneland, would benefit from a rallying trip.

“As far as Zandon goes, he was a little closer than he probably wants to run,” Brown said. “I don't think Flavien had any other option. I thought he rode the horse fine. Hopefully, in a bigger field, I can get the horse back. He did a little better running in the Blue Grass with a different strategy. Hats off to the winner – he didn't break that well and he still circled the field and won nicely. He was the best horse today.”

Prat said he expected to have more pace to chase.

“I didn't have that type of race in my mind. I thought there would be a bit more battle between Early Voting and Epicenter,” Prat said. “Unfortunately, it looked like Epicenter didn't jump well so I broke well and got myself there. It's probably not where he wants to be, but it was the natural thing.”

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