December, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Bobby Miller Passes Away

Bobby Miller, who was the longtime manager at Ro Parra's Millennium Farm before being named the farm's vice chairman, passed away Thursday following a long battle with cancer.

“Bobby made a huge difference in all of our lives,” said Parra. “He was just a kind man and really one of a kind. When I hired him 20 years ago, I was an absentee owner and I think I had 200 head of horses at the time. And he really brought an incredible amount of professionalism and order to running the farm. But it was really less about that and more about his character, more about his ethics, and more about his warmth. He was a great man.”

Miller, who earned a degree in agriculture from the University of Kentucky, spent 18 years as farm manager at Walmac International. He joined Millennium Farm as manager in 2006 and was named the farm's vice chairman in 2016.

“I'm devastated about Bobby's passing,” said Buckland Sales' Zach Madden, who worked with Miller at Millennium Farm. “He was a legend, mentor and friend. I'm going to miss him every day. He would do anything for anybody. I'm just thinking about his family during this time.”

Funeral arrangements are still pending.

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Chilean Group 1 Winner Super Corinto ‘Will Be At His Top’ For Pegasus World Cup

Jet Set Racing Stable's Super Corinto came out of Wednesday's strong five-furlong breeze in preparation for a scheduled start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 28 in good order, trainer Amador Sanchez reported Thursday.

A Group 1 winner in Chile, Super Corinto was timed in 1:00.22 over a wet track for his second workout at Gulfstream Park following his first U.S. win in a Dec. 8 optional claiming allowance.

“Super Corinto came out really well from his last start, and he is doing very well at the track, he will work again 5F next Tuesday,” Sanchez said. “I think he will be at his top for the Pegasus World Cup.”

The Argentine-bred son of Super Saver captured his final start in Chile in the Gran Premio Hipodromo Chile (G1), in which he defeated Group 1 winner O'Connor, who is scheduled to prep for the Pegasus World Cup in Saturday's $150,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream after winning his U.S. debut. Super Corinto had previously finished second behind O'Connor in the Longines Gran Premio Latinoamericano.

Super Corinto finished second in a 1 1/16-mile optional claiming allowance in his U.S. debut Nov. 12, in which he was caught late by a multiple-stakes winner Noble Drama in a mile optional claiming allowance.

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Mahoning Valley: $33,099 Pick 6 Carryover, Mandatory Payouts Friday

Anchored by a $33,099.11 carryover in the Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6, mandatory payouts of the Pick 4, Pick 5, and Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6 wagers will highlight the final day of live racing action in 2022 at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course on Friday, December 30.

The unique Friday card will feature nine races headlined by the $75,000 Joshua Radosevich Memorial Stakes and Bobby Bricker Memorial Handicap. First race post time is set at 12:45 p.m. and also marks the beginning of the 15 percent takeout Pick 5 sequence.

The 20-cent minimum Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6 starts in Race 4 with an approximate post time of 2:09 p.m. in a sequence that features an average field size of 10 horses before scratches.

Closing out the string of mandatory payout wagers is the 15 percent takeout Pick 4 beginning in Race 6 with an estimated post time of 3:05 p.m.

The Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6 will return to its normal single ticket payout rules on Monday, January 2.

Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with a first race post time of 12:45 p.m. and a closing day Saturday card on April 15, 2023 with a first race post time of 12:15 p.m. The 2023 Winter/Spring race meet dates are January 2, 2023 – April 15, 2023.

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Orfevre’s Ushba Tesoro Records First Group 1 Victory

With primarily older runners drawn in for Thursday's G1 Tokyo Daishoten S. at Ohi Race Course, a field of 13, plus one mare, took to the dirt in an attempt to notch a well-earned victory.

The eventual winner, battle-tested Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), came into the race sporting his most-successful campaign to-date. In 2022 alone, the 5-year-old has recorded stakes victories in three of his last four starts with the last one coming Nov. 27 at Hanshin Race Course by 2 1/2 lengths in the Canopus S.

Sent off at odds just above 3-1, the bay was content to race towards the back of the pack, as the field passed the grandstand. It was Shonan Nadeshiko (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}) who planned to take them all the way, as the mare set the pace with Casino Fountain (Jpn) (Casino Drive) in close pursuit down the backstretch.

Around the far turn, it was time for the eventual winner to get moving, and he did just that by taking the overland route to the outside. That swinging motion allowed him to get clear of the fading leaders, and with good energy down the lane, he kicked for home en route to 1 3/4 length and his first G1 win. Notturno (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), one of the youngest runners in the bunch earned second; while, the short-priced favorite, Meisho Hario (Jpn) (Pyro) was forced to settle for third.

Pedigree Notes:
Not only is the victor by a Horse of the Year, but his mare also comes from a strong family. She produced Casale (Jpn) in 2015, a filly by Manhattan Cafe (Jpn),that has $222,886 in earnings, and she was also bred back to the champion, which yielded a colt named Miyaji Hayakaze (Jpn) in 2016. Her last recorded live foal was Dantsu Capri (Jpn) (Mikki Isle {Jpn}) in 2019. Click for the chart & video.

Thursday, Oi, Japan
TOKYO DAISHOTEN-G1, ¥170,000,000, Oi, 12-29, 3yo/up, 2000m, 2:05.00, gd.
1–USHBA TESORO (JPN), 126, h, 5, Orfevre (Jpn)
1st Dam: Millefeui Attach (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn)
2nd Dam: Sixieme Sens, by Septieme Ciel
3rd Dam: Samalex (GB), by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (¥25,000,000 wnlg '17 JRHAJUL). O-Kenji Ryotokuji
Holdings; B-Chiyoda Farm; T-Noboru Takagi; J-Kazuo Yokoyama;
¥100,000,000. Lifetime Record: 27-7-1-5.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++ ***Triple Plus***
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Notturno (Jpn), 121, c, 3, by Heart's Cry (Jpn)–Sheikh's
Serenade, by Unbridled's Song. O-Makoto Kaneko Holdings;
B-Shimokobe Farm; ¥35,000,000.
3–Meisho Hario (Jpn), 126, h, 5, by Pyro–Meisho Ohi (Jpn), by
Manhattan Café (Jpn). O-Yoshio Matsumoto; B-Mishima
Bokujo; ¥20,000,000.
Margins: 1 3/4, 2 1/2, 1; Odds: 3.30, 6.10, 1.30.
Also Ran: Sunrise Hope (Jpn), Light Warrior (Jpn), Shonan Nadeshiko (Jpn), Lucky Dream (Jpn), Gold Heuer (Jpn), Miyagi Zao (Jpn), Casino Fountain (Jpn), Dos Hearts (Jpn), Red Galan (Jpn), Rinzo Channel (Jpn), Atomic Force (Jpn).

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