August, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Gulfstream Schedules Mandatory Payout For Saturday’s Rainbow 6

A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be held Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the pool is expected to be approximately $2 million if not hit Friday.

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $425,000 for Friday's Happy Hour program at Gulfstream. First-race post is set for 2:55 p.m. The Rainbow 6 will begin with Race 4, a five-furlong starter optional claimer for 3-year-olds and up on the Tapeta, and end with Race 9, an allowance optional claimer for fillies and mares at a mile and 70 yards on the Tapeta.

Friday's sequence also includes a $50,000 maiden claiming event at six-furlongs for 2-year-olds that drew a field of 11.

The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for 13 racing days in a row since a lucky bettor hit the jackpot for a $118,521 payoff Friday, July 8. 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.

Saturday's featured event, the $65,000 Benny the Bull at six furlongs on the main track, drew a competitive field of eight, many of them running recently behind the Grade 1-placed Willy Boi, who won the Smile Sprint (G3) and Big Drama before finishing third two weeks ago in the Vanderbilt (G1) at Saratoga.

The field includes 2020 Florida Derby (G1) and Swale (G3) runner-up Shivaree, Pudding and Absolute Grit, second and third, respectively, in the Smile Sprint (G3), and King Cab, second in the Big Drama. Also entered is this year's Swale runner-up Dean Delivers, last year's Gallant Bob (G2) third-place finisher Real Talk, and stakes winner Gatsby.

The Benny the Bull will be part of Gulfstream's mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6.

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Queen’s Plate Breeder Profile: Sam-Son Farm Is The Connective Tissue For Duke Of Love’s Breeders

In horse racing the term 'connections' refers to the trainer, owner, jockey, and anyone connected to a horse. For the breeding partnership behind Queen's Plate runner Duke of Love, connections through Sam-Son Farm, brought the group together.

David Whitford is the former general manager of Sam-Son Farm, and Tom Zwiesler is Sam-Son's current racing manager.

Pat Costello is a partner at Paramount Sales, a leading consignment agency. He formerly operated Drumkenny Farm, where he boarded horses for Sam-Son, and has consigned horses for them at Paramount.

Caldara Farm is Callan Strouss, farm manager Oak Tree Division, at Lane's End, and his wife, Darcia Strouss. Sam-Son boarded mares with Callan at Lane's End over the years.

“We all sort of had a connection through Sam-Son and working together over the years,” said Whitford.

Their connection led to the breeding of Duke of Love, a story that begins with his dam, Tell the Duchess.

Tell the Duchhess's dam, Classira (IRE), is by Danehill. Sam-Son purchased Classira (IRE), to breed her to Smart Strike, because they were interested in the Danehill and Smart Strike cross, that foal was Tell the Duchess.

Tell the Duchess went unraced, and Sam-Son was unable sell her as a broodmare prospect. So, Whitford, Costello, and Strouss approached Sam-Son Farm president Rick Balaz, about selling her to them privately.

“We were able to broker a deal with Rick,” said Whitford. “She has lovely bloodlines, and is a pretty mare, a little on the small side, but we thought she was well worth trying to breed from.”

Voyant, her first foal, wasn't a success in the sales ring, but has earned breeders rewards for the group through Ontario Racing's Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP), from his performance at Fort Erie Race Track this season.

The next foal out of Tell the Duchess was Duke of Love. By Cupid, Duke of Love was consigned by Pararmount as a weanling.

“We had him in the Keeneland sale and were surprised he didn't meet his reserve, so we sold him for less than that after the sale,” said Whitford. “Then he went to the 2-year-old in training sale, and myracehorse.com bought him. Obviously, they saw what we had seen, liked the horse, and liked his mechanics from the breezing sale.”

Fractional group myracehorse.com bought Duke of Love for $85,000. He has a record of 2-1-0 from six starts, for his many owners, including a runner-up finish in the Grade 2 Marine Stakes on July 2 at Woodbine.

Whitford and company will be cheering him in the Queen's Plate, not just because they bred the horse, but because through the TIP Breeders Rewards, the group will earn a $50,000 bonus if he wins the Queen's Plate.

“Even though we didn't get great money at the sale, we have been getting some nice breeders rewards, and that is just a wonderful program,” said Whitford. “It's so nice when you have a bit of success to get paid for it. It encourages people so much, and the Mare Purchase Program, getting money back there, that also a wonderful program, and is really helping Ontario breeders.”

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‘King And Queen Combining’: Frankie Dettori Tabbed To Ride Aussie Star Verry Elleegant In Prix Jean Romanet

Jockey Frankie Dettori has been tabbed to partner Melbourne Cup winner and Australia's reigning Horse of the Year Verry Elleegant for her first start in France, according to racenet.com.au. The 7-year-old mare, trained in Australia by Chris Waller but switched to the yard of Francis Henri-Graffard for her European raid, is targeting the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville on Aug. 21.

Part-owner Brae Sokolski told Racenet: “We have the king and queen combining – there is a real romantic aspect to it. Frankie is getting towards the end of his career as our mare is, too.”

A winner in 16 of her 38 career races, including 11 Group 1 races, Verry Elleegant boasts earnings of nearly US$10 million.

The ultimate goal for Verry Elleegant this season is the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in early October.

Don’t Delay: Postponing Colic Care Can Be Fatal

Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital and Colorado State University together reviewed the records of 896 broodmares over a 25-year period that had been treated for large colon volvulus in their clinics. Large colon volvulus is a painful type of colic where the intestine twists on itself, often during foaling; it's often called “twisted gut.”

Though the study focused on broodmares, large colon volvulus can happen to any gender and breed of horse, meaning the study is likely relevant to all equines, reports EQUUS magazine.

The study found that the time elapsed between the onset of signs and the initiation of treatment was key to the overall survival rate. Mares that had been colicking for two to four hours before being sent to the clinic were three times less likely to survive than those mares sent to the clinic within two hours of colic signs.

Mares colicking for four hours or more were nearly 12 times less likely to live than those who were referred to the clinic in the first two hours. The longer this type of colic occurs, the more damage is done; the tight twist in the colon limits the blood supply, eventually causing shock and organ damage.

The best survival rate for horses with large colon volvulus occurred in horses colicking for less than two hours. The overall survival rate was 88 percent