The 2023 edition of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve was an unforgettable one, as Mage, making only the fourth start of his career, came from far off the pace, rallied past horses wide on the turn and into the lane, and then caught Two Phil's in deep stretch to win the run for the roses by a length.
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Gulfstream Park: Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed At $450,000 Sunday
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a gross jackpot pool guaranteed at $450,000 Sunday at Gulfstream Park after the popular multi-race wager went unsolved Friday for the 16th consecutive racing day following a jackpot hit.
Sunday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 4-9, featuring the $75,000 Monroe Stakes in Race 8.
Trainer Christophe Clement will be represented in the 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for fillies and mares by By All Means, an Irish-bred Group 2-placed 4-year-old scheduled to make her U.S. debut, and Parnac, who is slated to make her 2023 debut after winning one of five starts during her first campaign in the U.S. last year.
By All Means is the 2-1 morning-line favorite while Parnac is rated second at 4-1.
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.
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Cal-Bred One In Vermillion Shortens Up, Goes Gate To Wire In Lazaro Barrera
The longest shot in a compact field of four and the lone California-bred in the lineup, the Eric Kruljac-trained One in Vermillion, a trouble fifth in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, cut back in distance to seven furlongs and dealt all the cards on Saturday at Santa Anita, as he marched to an emphatic 5¼-length win in the $100,000 Lazaro Barrera Stakes.
Breaking sharply from the rail, One in Vermillion was pressed by Bob Baffert's Hard to Figure through early splits of :22.39, :45.09, and 1:09.77, prior to coming home in 1:22.77 for the seven panels.
With Baffert's Tahoe Sunrise looming into contention turning for home, an upset seemed unlikely, but One in Vermillion was far from done with Hector Berrios aboard and he had the Barrera in-hand a furlong from home.
“My decision was to put him on the lead, but I knew we would have some pressure,” said Berrios. “My horse impressed me. When we hit the half mile, I asked him and he responded really well. Down the stretch he just kicked away.”
Fifth, beaten 4½ lengths by Practical Move and Mandarin Hero in the Santa Anita Derby, One in Vermillion, in only his second local start, was off at 5-1 and paid $12.
“He's a nice little horse,” said Kruljac. “The journey started when the owner bought the horse himself, he picked him out himself.”
A California-bred colt by Army Mule out of the Any Given Saturday mare Given Star, One in Vermillion is owned by Jonathan Kalman and was bred by Richard Barton Enterprises. A two-time stakes winner at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Arizona, One in Vermillion won his first start at age three by taking the ungraded Riley Allison going one mile at Sunland Park in New Mexico on Jan. 29.
With his win Saturday, all four of his wins have come in stakes from seven overall starts. With the winner's share of $60,000, One in Vermillion increased his earnings to $242,440.
Navy Man, last early under Kent Desormeaux, out-ran the two Baffert trainees late to be second by a half length over Tahoe Sunrise. Trained by Michael McCarthy, Navy Man, who broke his maiden going 6 ½ furlong here on April 8, was the second choice at 2-1.
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