May, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Undefeated Baffert Trainee Faiza Headlines 31 Nominees For Pimlico’s Black-Eyed Susan

The 148th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) will be supported by 15 stakes, eight graded, worth $2.1 million in purses May 19-20 at Pimlico Race Course.

The $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2), a 1 1/8-mile feature for 3-year-old fillies, will headline six stakes on the Friday, May 19 card, one day before Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Mage is expected to take another step along the Triple Crown trail in the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes on the Saturday, May 20 card with nine supporting stakes.

The Maryland Jockey Club is offering bonus money totaling $100,000 to trainers who run a minimum of five horses in the 15 Thoroughbred stakes races during Preakness weekend. Points are accumulated for finishing first (10 points), second (seven), third (five), fourth (three) and having a starter (one). First place is worth $50,000.

The Black-Eyed Susan attracted 31 nominations, including Michael Lund Peterson's Faiza and Gold Standard Racing Stable LLC's Hoosier Philly. The Bob Baffert-trained Faiza is undefeated in five career starts, including a 6 ½-length triumph in the Santa Anita Oaks (G1) in her most recent start April 8. Tom Amoss-trained Hoosier Philly, a daughter of Into Mischief, won her first three career starts, including the Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs, prior to finishing third in the Rachel Alexandra (G2) and fourth in the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2). Black Type Thoroughbreds, and partners' Sacred Wish, the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) runner-up, and Haymarket Farm LLC's Cats Inthe Timber, who most recently captured the Weber City Miss, a local Black-Eyed Susan 'Win & In' at Laurel Park; are also nominated.

The $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) and the $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) will also be renewed on the May 19 program, along with the $100,000 The Very One, the $100,000 Hilltop and the $100,000 Allaire Dupont Distaff.

The Pimlico Special, a 1 3/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up, drew 30 nominations, including Grade 1 winner Doppelganger. Owned by SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Robert Masterson, Jay Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC, Catherine Donovan, Golconda Stable and Siena Farm LLC, Doppelganger has won three races in a row, including the April 8 Carter Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct. Arindel's Clapton, winner of the Ghostzapper (G3) at Gulfstream Park last time out; and Twin Creeks Racing Stable LLC's Law Professor, runner-up in the 2022 Woodward (G1) who most recently won the Excelsior at Aqueduct; are also nominated.

The Miss Preakness, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies, collected 31 nominations, including Flurry Racing Stables LLC and Hoffman Family Racing LLC's Key of Life, a Brad Cox-trained daughter of Mo Town who captured the Beaumont (G2) at Keeneland April 16.

The The Very One, a five-furlong turf dash for fillies and mares attracted 38 nominations. The Hilltop, a mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies drew 49 nominations. The Allaire Dupont Distaff, a 1 1/8-mile stakes for fillies and mares collected 22 nominations.

Four graded stakes will be renewed on the Preakness Day undercard, including the $200,000 Dinner Party (G3), the $200,000 Chick Lang (G3), $100,000 Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3) and the $100,000 Gallorette (G3), along with the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint, the $100,000 James W. Murphy, the $100,000 Sir Barton, the $100,000 Skipat Stakes, and the $100,000 UAE President Cup,

The Dinner Party, a 1 1/8-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds and up, received 37 nominations, including the Graham Motion-trained trio of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Speaking Scout, the 2023 Hollywood Derby (G1) winner who finished third in this year's Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) at Gulfstream; Madaket Stables LLC's Easter, a French import who is coming off an allowance win at Aqueduct in his 2023 debut; and Team Valor et al's Hurricane Dream, a multiple group-placed French import who is coming off a sharp allowance score at Keeneland in his second U.S. start.

The Chick Lang, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, drew 40 nominations, including Lea Farms LLC's Super Chow, a multiple graded stakes-placed son of Lord Nelson trained by Jorge Delgado, who saddled Lightening Larry for a victory in last year's Chick Lang. Super Chow has won six of eight career starts, including the Hutcheson at Gulfstream Park last time out.

The Maryland Sprint Stakes, a six-furlong dash for 3-year-olds and up, received 36 nominations, including Lea Farms LLC's Lightening Larry, the Jorge Delgado-trained winner of last year's Chick Lang (G3).

The Gallorette, a 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares on turf, drew 38 nominations, including a Chad Brown-trained trio: Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group LLC, Louis Lazzinnaro and Michael Caruso's Eminent Victor, a multiple graded stakes-placed daughter of Mr. Z.; Madaket Stables LLC, Michael Dubb and Michael Kisber's Chili Flag, a French import who finished second in a Gulfstream allowance in her U.S. debut; and Peter Brant's Arina, a Group 3 winner who finished third in an allowance race at Aqueduct last time out. Motion nominated five to the Gallorette.

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint, a five-furlong turf dash for 3-year-olds and up, received 42 nominations. The James W. Murphy Stakes, a mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds, attracted 48 nominations. The Sir Barton sponsored by Brandon and Diannah Perry to Benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, a 1 1/16-mile stakes for 3-year-olds, received 34 nominations. The Skipat, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares, collected 30 nominations. The UAE President Cup, a Group 1 Arabian race for older horses at 1 1/16 miles, has nine nominations.

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Conditions To Suit For Local Dynasty In the Dee

Wide-margin winners trended on a rain-softened opening to Chester's May Festival and, with testing conditions set for day two at the Roodeye, it will be as you were turning to Thursday's Listed Boodles Dee S., another G1 Derby trial, and the Tote-sponsored G3 Ormonde S. for the older stayers.

Godolphin's 'TDN Rising Star' Local Dynasty (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) will relish the muddy track, according to Charlie Appleby, and returns off a soft-ground breakthrough score in October's Listed Pontefract Castle when last seen.

“He has done well over the winter and we know that he will handle the ground following his wins at Sandown and Pontefract,” the trainer said. “Stepping up in trip looks as though it should suit and this seems a decent starting point for his campaign.”

O'Brien Dynasty To Retain Sovereignty?

Aidan O'Brien has struck for seven of the last 10 editions and relies on Dundalk maiden winner San Antonio (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in his quest for an overall 10th triumph, which would be one shy of Barry Hills' record 11.

“He's in good form and won his maiden nicely in Dundalk,” the trainer commented. “I don't know if he's run in that ground before, so we're not sure about that, but he's in good form.”

Son Donnacha also has representation and sends forth G2 Golden Fleece S. third Alder (Ire) (Australia {GB}), who will line up off a comeback win at Cork last month.

“He's a very nice horse and we've always thought a lot of him,” said the junior O'Brien. “He was always going to make a better 3-year-old and the race is timed nicely for him. It's three weeks from his last run and then about three weeks to the Derby, so it has worked out well and we will learn a bit more about him.”

Possible Delays For Passenger's Return

It's been a long 20 years since the Dee hosted a subsequent Blue Riband hero, Kris Kin (Kris S.) doing the double for Sir Michael Stoute, but the veteran maestro's impressive Wood Ditton winner Passenger (Ulysses {Ire}) is by no means a certain starter in this year's renewal.

“Sir Michael is going to review the ground in the morning and should it be deemed too soft, Passenger may not run,” revealed Niarchos Family's racing manager Alan Cooper. “He's a horse that needs good ground, so it wouldn't make sense for his second start to run the horse on an unsuitable surface.”

Ormonde Duel In Store

Later on the card, the eight-runner G3 tote.co.uk Bet £5 Get £20 Ormonde S. appears to be a straight-up duel between 2022 hero Hamish (GB) (Motivator {GB}) and Ballydoyle's G1 Derby fifth and G2 King Edward VII victor Changingoftheguard (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who annexed last year's G3 Chester Vase at this meeting.

“He carries a penalty and is very well, but could have done with a better draw,” said trainer William Haggas of the former. “He's ready to go, he enjoys a bit of cut in the ground and I believe it is going to be quite soft. He should enjoy it and we will try to take advantage of the [soft] ground while we have it.”

Ryan Moore is hopeful Changingoftheguard, who comes back off a 328-day break, is up to the task on seasonal return.

“He was very impressive in testing ground when winning the Chester Vase here last season and followed up with a good fifth in the Derby,” the rider said. “We never saw him after [the King Edward VII at] Royal Ascot as he picked up an injury, but we are obviously very happy with him now or else we wouldn't be here. Hopefully, he can get a Group 1 on his CV this season. It's a deep and tough race for a Group 3, but this is a good starting point for him.”

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HIWU Rules Will Make Positives Known Sooner

Following the reimplementation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA)'s Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program on May 22, it is unlikely that the public would not know about a positive test such as the one that Forte (Violence) allegedly had in the GI Hopeful S. for over eight months. That is according to a press release Wednesday outlining the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit's (HIWU) rules concerning the publication of violation information.

In a story published in the New York Times Tuesday night, Joe Drape reported that Forte had tested positive after the Hopeful S., but no information on the positive result nor the medication involved has yet been made public.

After May 22, according to HIWU, that will no longer be the case.

In the case of an overage of a permitted substance, the violation will be published on the HIWU site when the party in question waves their right to a B sample, when a positive B sample is requested by the party in question and returned, or following the admission of a violation, whichever is earliest.

While the details of the Forte Hopeful S. test are not known, the B sample is typically sent for testing when the A sample returns positive, in this case, back in September.

The rule reads that public reporting will occur at the earliest of these situations:

After the imposition of a Provisional Suspension (if applicable).
In cases where there is an Adverse Analytical Finding (“AAF”), i.e., a positive test, after the B sample confirms the AAF or the Covered Person waives the testing of the B sample, assuming no Provisional Suspension has been imposed.
In non-AAF cases, after the service of the Charge Letter, if no Provisional Suspension has been imposed.
Following the admission of a violation by the Covered Person, if the alleged violation has not already been publicly reported pursuant to a., b., or c.

The press release also indicates that the public would be made aware of the substance responsible for the finding.

In the case of all medication violations, the public disclosure will include the following information after the resolution of violations.

The name of the Covered Person who committed the violation(s) and any Covered Horse(s) implicated by the violation;
The rule(s) violated;
The Prohibited Substance(s) or Prohibited Method(s) involved, if any;
The consequences imposed;
Any final decision or a summary thereof; and
Any review rights available in respect of the decision.

HIWU is not required to publicly report a matter if it would risk compromising an ongoing investigation or proceeding.

All information listed above will be posted on HIWU's website and available for viewing at any time.

The complete rules are posted on HIWU's website, here: https://www.hiwu.org/

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Saturday’s Cross Country Pick 5 Features Racing From Churchill, Belmont, Monmouth Park

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will host a Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday with racing from Churchill Downs and stakes action from Belmont Park and Monmouth Park.

The Cross Country Pick 5 requires bettors to pick the winner of five select races from tracks across the country. The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is available on ADW platforms and at simulcast facilities across the country with each week featuring a mandatory payout of the net pool. The Cross Country Pick 5, boasting a low 15 percent takeout, offers sequences with races from Belmont Park and partner tracks across the country.

The sequence kicks off at 2:13 p.m. Eastern in Race 4 at Churchill Downs as an overflow field of fillies and mares 3-years-old and up contest a one-mile turf maiden special weight. The Eddie Kenneally-trained Just Say So earned a 70 Beyer Speed Figure two starts back for a closing runner-up effort in her first try beyond sprint distances before finishing fourth in her latest outing.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher saddles the well-bred Vanished for her first start off three works at Churchill, including a half-mile breeze in 49.40 seconds on Saturday. Evie's Hall, whose second dam is Grade 1-winner Sis City, also debuts for conditioner Tom Amoss off a series of works at Churchill.

The action switches to Belmont Park for graded action in the next two legs, beginning with Race 5 [3:07 p.m.], the Grade 1, $600,000 Man o' War for older horses traveling 1 3/8 miles over the inner turf. Trainer Charlie Appleby shipped Warren Point for his North American debut off two solid efforts in the Middle East. The son of Dubawi won the Al Khalifa Cup two starts back at Bahrain and enters from a close runner-up effort to Russian Emperor in the Group 1 HH The Amir Trophy at Doha.

A pair of multiple graded stakes-winning 9-year-olds in the Mike Maker-trained New York-bred Red Knight and Hall of Famer Bill Mott-trained Channel Maker will look to add to their accomplished resumes against the likes of 4-year-old opponents Verstappen and Howe Street, the former of which arrives from a victory in the Grade 2 Elkhorn on April 22 at Keeneland.

The sequence continues with the Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan [Race 6, 3:40 p.m.] as a field of nine assemble for the traditional local prep for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. Pletcher saddles Go Soldier Go for his U.S. debut after scoring a stakes victory two starts back in the U.A.E., as well as Classic Catch, who was last seen finishing a closing fifth in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino on April 8.

Two-time Eclipse Award-winning conditioner Brad Cox will also saddle two in the undefeated Bishops Bay and the graded stakes-placed Slip Mahoney, both of whom vie for their first stakes conquest. West Coast shipper Henry Q and the stakes-placed Summer Cause both look to make the grade for trainers Doug O'Neill and Christophe Clement, respectively.

The penultimate leg features a competitive allowance in Race 7 [3:50 p.m.] at Churchill as an overflow field of 12 have entered the 1 3/8-mile test over the turf. The Mike Maker trainee Jarreau seeks a breakthrough victory after hitting the board in each of his last five starts dating to a runner-up effort last May at the Louisville oval.

Bosque Redondo was a last-out winner by a nose for trainer Chad Brown and makes his first start for conditioner Alexis Claire while the Juan Cano-trained Policy Option looks to build off a narrow defeat last out in the same condition. Foreign Relations, trained by Conor Murphy, is still in search of his first victory against winners after he crossed the finish line first in an April 19 allowance at Keeneland, but was disqualified and placed 10th.

The sequence closes out in Race 8 [4:05 p.m.] from Monmouth Park, the $100,000 Long Branch for sophomores traveling one mile and 70 yards. Slip Mahoney was also entered here by Cox and would face steep opposition from the John Mc Allen-trained No Confession, who has won his last three races in a row. Trainer Butch Reid, Jr. saddles the duo of impressive last-out allowance winner Didinger and dual stakes-winner Ninetyprcentmaddie, while Offaly Cool boasts a 4 3/4-length optional claiming victory on April 18 at Parx Racing for trainer Jacinto Solis. The Kantharos gelding is a perfect 2-for-2 in races where he has set the pace.

Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick 5 sequence will be available for download at https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/cross-country-wagers.

Cross Country Pick 5 – Saturday, May 13

Leg A: Churchill Downs, Race 4 – MSW (2:13 p.m. Eastern)

Leg B: Belmont Park, Race 5 – G1 Man o' War (3:07 p.m.)

Leg C: Belmont Park, Race 6 – G3 Peter Pan (3:40 p.m.)

Leg D: Churchill Downs, Race 7 – allowance (3:50 p.m.)

Leg E: Monmouth Park, Race 8 – $100K Long Branch (4:05 p.m.)

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