Kentucky Derby Futures: Wagering Suspended On Promising Maiden Winner Frank’s Honor

Wagering on Frank's Honor (#17), a five-length maiden winner at Churchill Downs, has been suspended for Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens its four-day run Thursday at noon (all times Eastern).

Frank's Honor, owned by Dell Ridge Farm, has sustained an injury and will likely be retired, according to his trainer Kenny McPeek.

The defection of Frank's Honor leaves the Kentucky Derby Future Wager with 39 betting interests that features 37 individual betting interests. The lineup (with betting number and morning line odds): #1 Awesome Strong (80-1); #2 Blazing Sevens (30-1); #3 Bromley (99-1); #4 Capture the Flag (99-1); #5 Cascais (99-1); #6 Champions Dream (99-1); #7 Corona Bolt (80-1); #8 Curly Jack (80-1); #9 Cyclone Mischief (99-1); #10 Denington (99-1); #11 Disarm (80-1); #12 Echo Again (50-1); #13 Expect More (99-1); #14 Extra Anejo (15-1); #15 Forbidden Secret (99-1); #16 Forte (10-1); #17 Frank's Honor (99-1); #18 Full Moon Madness (99-1); #19 General Jim (80-1); #20 Giant Mischief (25-1); #21 Gulfport (75-1); #22 Hal (99-1); #23 Hit Show (80-1); #24 Instant Coffee (80-1); #25 Joking Way (99-1); #26 Litigate (99-1); #27 Loggins (40-1); #28 Mr. Ripple (99-1); #29 Navy Man (99-1); #30 Practical Move (99-1); #31 Recruiter (99-1); #32 Rocket Can (99-1); #33 Signator (60-1); #34 Tapit's Conquest (99-1); #35 Ten Days Later (60-1); #36 Tuskegee Airmen (99-1); #37 Verifying (80-1); #38 Victory Formation (80-1); #39 “All Fillies from the 2020 Foal Crop (80-1); and #40 All Other Colts and Geldings from the 2020 Foal Crop (3-5).

Wagering on Pool 2, along with the lone Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, will close Sunday at 6 p.m.

More information, Brisnet.com past performances and real-time odds on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will be available before the pool opens Thursday online at https://www.kentuckyderby.com/wager/future-wager.

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$100,000 Guaranteed Pick 6 Awaits Meadowlands Bettors On Friday

The final huge weekend of racing during 2022 at The Meadowlands will kick off the day after Thanksgiving, Friday (Nov. 25), as 20-cent Pick-6 players will pump plenty of green into the pot that features a double carryover with a total pool guarantee of $100,000, which is offered in conjunction with the United States Trotting Association.

As if that weren't enough, Saturday's (Nov. 26) extraordinary racing program will showcase many of the sport's biggest stars on “Fall Final Four/TVG Championships Night.”

The Pick-6 failed to yield a winning ticket on both Friday (Nov. 18) and Saturday (Nov. 19) last week, resulting in a carryover of $32,429, motivating Big M management to guarantee the six-figure Pick-6 pool. The wager will be offered beginning on race eight and free past performances for all Meadowlands' races are always available by going to playmeadowlands.com.

“Last weekend, our Pick-4 carryover resulted in a total pool of over $300,000,” said track Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Jason Settlemoir. “So, we know how popular our multi-leg wagers – which have a low 15 percent takeout to begin with – can be when they have carryovers. All of us at The Meadowlands are looking forward to a big weekend, and what better way to get it going than with a big Pick-6 pool.”

When Friday's 14-race card concludes, it will then be time for the main event.

Saturday's program will also have 14 races, and the Fall Final Four/TVG Championships Night eight-pack – with purses totaling $2.7 million – will be contested one race after the other:

  • Race 4 – $475,400 Goldsmith Maid (2-year-old filly trot): Bond, the Kindergarten and Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion, will try to extend her winning streak to six for trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt.
  • Race 5 – $416,200 Valley Victory (2-year-old colt and gelding trot): A fabulous threesome will go at it, as Garden State winner Celebrity Bambino, Peter Haughton Memorial champ Kilmister and Kindergarten valedictorian Volume Eight will try for a victory that could provide a divisional trophy.
  • Race 6 – $140,000 TVG Mares Trot: Division leader Bella Bellini will faceoff with Atlanta, the 37-time winner who has earnings of over $3.5 million. At race's end, Atlanta, the co-fastest female trotter in history with a clocking of 1:49, will be retired in a winner's circle ceremony.
  • Race 7 – $428,400 Three Diamonds (2-year-old filly pace): Kindergarten winner Bellisima Hanover will try to up her winning streak to three in an evenly-matched event.
  • Race 8 – $330,000 TVG Open Trot: Cutler Memorial and Breeders Crown winner Ecurie D DK will try to claim divisional honors by taking down the red-hot It's Academic, who has won the Meadowlands' overnight feature the last two weeks in a row.
  • Race 9 – $158,000 TVG Mares Pace: Defending Horse of the Year, the 4-year-old Test Of Faith, takes on a pair of top notch 3-year-olds, Treacherous Dragon and Niki Hill.
  • Race 10 – $345,000 TVG Open Pace: Bulldog Hanover, likely to be the unanimous winner of the Horse of the Year trophy, will look to go out a winner at the track where he established the mark for the fastest mile in the history of the sport of 1:45.4. After the race, 'Bulldog' will be retired in a ceremony in The Big M winner's circle.
  • Race 11 – $430,000 Governor's Cup (2-year-old colt and gelding pace): Stormalong and Combustion were the winners of last week's eliminations. They take on Breeders Crown champ Ammo in a wide-open race.

VIDEOS AND SWAG: There will be commemorative videos played during both Atlanta's and Bulldog Hanover's retirement ceremonies, and for those who come to the track early, they can grab a souvenir mug for both horses who will be heading for the breeding shed. Supplies are limited.

YOU WANNA BET FIVE GRAND? There will be a huge promotion offered on Saturday's eight stakes events. For each race, there will be one winner of a free $5,000 win wager. You must be 18 or older to enter, and there is only one entry per person. You must enter online! Go to https://www.cognitoforms.com/MeadowlandsRacetrack1/TVGFallFinalFourNight2022

THE SCHEDULE: Racing at The Big M will be conducted on a Friday-Saturday basis through the end of the year, with a first-race post time of 6:20 p.m. There are several exceptions on the schedule, as there will be no live racing on Dec. 23-24, and there is one Thursday night card on the sked, which will take place Dec. 1.

Every live racing night, the “Racing from The Meadowlands” pregame show begins at 5:45 p.m. with news, notes and previews of the upcoming card.

WHERE TO BET: It's always best to experience Meadowlands races live at the track, but if you can't make it out to the mile oval, you'd be hard-pressed to find a simulcast parlor in a racetrack or an off-track wagering facility that did not offer the No. 1 harness product in the world.

Another way to watch and wager on the action is through tvg.com (the Television Games Network), where one can place a wager on Big M action and watch the races in the same place.

FREE PROGRAMS: Free past performances for every race for every Meadowlands program are available 48 hours before a given card. To access the no-cost official program pages, go to playmeadowlands.com.

GET ON TWITTER: Everything Meadowlands is available by going on Twitter. You can check in with the Big M team for early changes, racing information and staff selections by going to @themeadowlands or #playbigm.

On race nights, stay in touch with Jessica Otten (@JessicaOtten1), Dave Little (@DaveLittleBigM), Ken Warkentin (@kenvoiceover) and Edison Hatter (@Edison_1999_).

UPPING THE ANTE: The Meadowlands offers plenty of value to the bettor with six wagers nightly that offer low 15 percent take outs, plus two that offer a guaranteed pool of $50,000. As a bonus for Saturday night's high-octane program, both Pick-4s will have an increased pool guarantee of $75,000, which means that this weekend, Big M players will be swimming in multi-leg pools that will offer $350,000 in guaranteed green when you add in Friday's Pick-6 promise:

Friday's menu:

  • Race 1: 20-cent Pick-5
  • Race 3: 20-cent Survivor Pick-7
  • Race 6: 50-cent Pick-4 ($50,000 guaranteed pool)
  • Race 8: 20-cent Pick-6 ($100,000 guaranteed pool)
  • Race 10: 50-cent Pick-4 ($50,000 guaranteed pool)
  • Race 14: 10-cent Hi-5

Saturday's menu:

  • Race 1: 20-cent Pick-5
  • Race 4: 20-cent Pick-6
  • Race 6: 50-cent Pick-4 ($75,000 guaranteed pool)
  • Race 8: 20-cent Survivor Pick-7
  • Race 10: 50-cent Pick-4 ($75,000 guaranteed pool)
  • Race 14: 10-cent Hi-5

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Two-Time Goffs Grad Impresses on Happy Valley Debut

Owner Edmond Yue Kwok-yin splashed out HK$7 million on the advice of trainer Danny Shum Chap-shing for a 3-year-old son of Starspangledbanner (Aus) at the Hong Kong International Sale, and the gelding made a small, but not insignificant first return on that investment with a handy career debut Wednesday evening at Happy Valley Racecourse.

Nordic Dragon (Ire) had made a favourable impression in a pair of barrier trials, winning one such event going 1200-metres around the city circuit Oct. 14 (video) and another when switched to the dirt track at Sha Tin Nov. 1 (video). Sent away as the 2.5 (3-2) favourite to open his account at first asking, the son of Rely On Me (Ire) (Kyllachy {GB}) was away alertly from barrier four and showed enough speed to head them off while racing one off the inside down the back straight. Clearly in front as they reached the turn, the bay professionally went about his business in the final 300 metres and stayed on strongly to graduate by 3 1/4 lengths (video).

Shum also trains Romantic Warrior, himself a $HK4.8-million acquisition out of the HK International Sale in 2021 who has since gone on to become one of Hong Kong's leading lights. His first-up victory in last weekend's G2 Jockey Club Cup at Sha Tin took his record to eight wins from nine starts and earnings approaching HK$43 million. Romantic Warrior can currently be found atop the markets for the G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup Dec. 11. Starspangledbanner is also the sire of California Spangle (Ire), recent runner-up to dual Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro) in the G2 Jockey Club Mile and second to Romantic Warrior in last year's BMW Hong Kong Derby.

“He's a nice horse and the sire is very suitable to Hong Kong,” Shum said. “He was very impressive. I will start him again here and let him get more confidence and then I'll move him to Sha Tin.”

Added Ho, the regular rider for Golden Sixty: “He's a lovely horse, the race was good. He broke from the gates and took a few strides to pick and travelled nicely by himself and he got the job done. He was very concentrated. He's a decent horse.”

Bred by Matty Smith and Cloneymore Farm and hailing from the female family of G1 Oaks d'Italia winner and G1 Moyglare Stud S. third Menhoubah (Dixieland Band), Nordic Dragon was purchased by Lynn Lodge Stud for €88,000 at the 2019 Goffs November Sale and was resold to the team at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, headed up by Mick Kinane, for £130,000 at the Orby Sale the following fall. Rely On Me is the dam of Nordic Dragon's yearling full-brother who was purchased for 62,000gns by JB Bloodstock from the Baroda Stud consignment during Book 2 of this year's Tattersalls October Sale.

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Canter for a Cause Raises Over $20K for TAA

For the third year, 300 riders from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond walked, trotted, and cantered their horses across Pimlico Oct. 31 with proceeds to benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA). In total, the 2022 Canter for the Cause raised over $20,000 for the TAA–a nonprofit which provides accreditation and grants to Thoroughbred aftercare organizations dedicated to the retraining, retiring, and rehoming of off-track Thoroughbreds.

Sponsored by the Maryland Jockey Club, this annual event also gives riders the opportunity to take their horses through the starting gate and get their picture taken in the winner's circle.

Maryland Jockey Club Vice President of Racing Development, Georganne Hale said, “Everybody who rode around the historic track had a smile on their face, riders loved getting their picture taken in the winner's circle, and all the proceeds went to an important cause for our industry–the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.”

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