Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, October 22
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Doncaster, Cheltenham, Kelso, Chelmsford City and Newbury.
Month: October 2022
Auguste Rodin has won his last two races and he can enhance his growing reputation at Doncaster
Auguste Rodin (Doncaster. 3.35) has carved out quite a reputation in his three starts to date and can enhance his standing in Saturday's Vertem Futurity Stakes.
Grade 1 Winner Drain The Clock Retired To Gainesway; $10,000 Fee For 2023
Drain the Clock, a lightning-fast Grade 1-winning sprinter, will enter stud at Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., for the 2023 breeding season.
The 4-year-old son of Maclean's Music showed precocity to break his maiden by a wire-to-wire six lengths as a juvenile at Gulfstream Park. He won four of his first five starts going into his 3-year-old season, culminating with a 6 ¼-length score in the Swale Stakes (G3).
Two starts later, Drain the Clock added another front-running score in the Bay Shore Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct before earning his crowning achievement in the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park.
In the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, Drain the Clock dueled with champion sprinter Jackie's Warrior and he prevailed by a neck. Drain the Clock was the first horse to defeat Jackie's Warrior around one turn.
Drain the Clock retired with seven wins in 15 career starts, including three victories in graded stakes races, for earnings of $698,000.
Possessing a standout physical, Drain the Clock is out of the Arch mare Manki. He was bred in Kentucky by Nick Cosato and raced for Cosato's Slam Dunk Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Wonder Stables, and Michael Nentwig. Drain the Clock was trained by Saffie Joseph Jr.
“Drain the Clock is an imposing physical with tremendous speed who fits the mold of what breeders are looking for,” said Gainesway's newly appointed stallion director Ryan Norton. “That is why we are excited to offer Share The Upside breeding rights in this exciting new stallion.”
Drain the Clock will stand for $10,000 in 2023. Please contact Ryan Norton for details regarding how to earn your breeding right through our Share the Upside program.
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Father And Son Training Team Have Big Look At Ontario Derby Outcome
The Grade 3, $150,000 Ontario Derby, for 3-year-olds, and the $125,000 Ontario Damsel, for 3-year-old fillies, co-headline Sunday's 10-race card at Woodbine in Toronto, Ontario.
Trainer Willie Armata and his father, fellow conditioner Vito Armata, each have a legitimate contender in the Ontario Derby, a 1 1/8-mile main track tilt that includes multiple stakes winner Ironstone, trained by the younger Armata, and Luckman, campaigned by the elder Armata, who sent out the bay gelding to his first stakes victory last time out in the Toronto Cup.
A gray son of Mr Speaker–Casey's Dreamin', Ironstone has been a model of consistency throughout his 11 races. Sporting a record of 2-4-3 from 11 starts, the colt, who took last year's Simcoe and Clarendon stakes events, was fourth in this year's Queen's Plate and second in the Prince of Wales, the opening two jewels in the Canadian Triple Crown.
Owned by Tequesta Racing Inc., and Jupiter Leasing Co., Ironstone has never finished lower than fifth in his career to date.
Although winless in 2022, the sophomore, bred in Ontario by Kingview Farms, has a second and a trio of thirds from five starts.
“I'm 100 percent proud of him,” said Willie Armata. “He's going out there and giving us the best he can every single time we bring him over. He's coming into the race in really good order. He's had a couple of nice works, he's happy and he's ready. Unfortunately, we have to run with 'Papa Vit,' but what are you going to do? I usually don't like to run against Dad if we don't have to, but on this occasion, we will.”
Vito Armata, who sent out 82-1 T J's Lucky Moon to win the 2002 Queen's Plate, will once again saddle Luckman, who has fared exceptionally well since he claimed the horse for $25,000 on June 24.
Launching his career at Woodbine last August, Luckman posted a pair of seconds in four starts before heading south to open his 2022 campaign. After tough results at Fair Grounds, Keeneland and Churchill, he returned to Woodbine to break his maiden in June.
Luckman has won three consecutive races since arriving at his new stable, four straight including his win on the day he was claimed.
The son of Empire Maker–Sea Level Drive heads into the Ontario Derby off a victory in the Toronto Cup on Sept. 10, when he stormed down the lane to notch a neck win in the one-mile test over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course.
“I followed him as a 2-year-old,” said Vito Armata after the Toronto Cup. “He got beat by 31 lengths in Kentucky. My brother said, 'What are you doing?' I liked the horse since he was a baby. So, the rest is history. I'm really happy. The horse is in good order. He's a good horse.”
Luckman, bred by Tenlane Farm, LLC, is 4-2-0 from 13 starts.
“Both horses, they have different styles,” offered Willie. “That helps. Dad's horse likes to close, and our horse likes to be forwardly placed, so they will each run their own race.”
The Ontario Derby could mark the end of one facet of Ironstone's career.
For now, the plan next season is to focus on sprint races.
“We'll look at sprinting, trying to take over [retired sprint superstar] Pink Lloyd's shoes if we can. Those are big shoes to fill and not an easy task, but we'll give it our best shot. Whether it's this race or any race to come, he'll never stop and he'll never give up. He's a colt and he can be a little feisty, but he's a gem.”
The Ontario Damsel, at 1 1/16 miles on the Tapeta, includes multiple graded stakes winner Souper Hoity Toity, and multiple stakes winner Sister Seagull.
First post time is 1:20 p.m. ET. Fans can also watch and wager on all the action via HPIbet.com or the Dark Horse Bets app.
$150,000 ONTARIO DERBY (GRADE 3)
Post – Horse – Jockey – Trainer
1 – Bringer of Rain – Omar Moreno – Barbara Minshall
2 – Mannix (IRE) – Patrick Husbands – Mark Casse
3 – The Minkster – David Moran – Danny Vella
4 – Luckman – Daisuke Fukumoto – Vito Armata
5 – Ironstone – Kazushi Kimura – Willie Armata
$125,000 ONTARIO DAMSEL
Post – Horse – Jockey – Trainer
1 – Love to Run – Declan Carroll – Mark Casse
2 – Souper Hoity Toity – Patrick Husbands – Mark Casse
3 – Crystal Ship (S) – Kazushi Kimura – W. John Bourke
4 – Lady Brew – David Moran – Steven Chircop
5 – Sister Seagull – Antonio Gallardo – Catherine Day Phillips
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