Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Monday, December 18
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Monday's meetings at Plumpton, Wolverhampton and Musselburgh.
Author: News
Gulfstream Park: Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Set For Saturday
A mandatory payoff of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is scheduled for Saturday's program at Gulfstream Park.
The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for eight racing days following the most recent mandatory payout that yielded multiple $50,999 payoffs. The Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $250,000 for Thursday's Gulfstream program.
Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will include the $125,000 Tropical Park Oaks, $125,000 Sugar Swirl, $125,000 Mr. Prospector, and $125,000 Tropical Park Derby.
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. On mandatory day, the jackpot pool is paid out to the those holding tickets with the most winners.
The post Gulfstream Park: Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Set For Saturday appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.
First Grade I Race Elevates Kentucky Downs Program
Kentucky Downs will host the first Grade I event in its history next year with the elevation of the GI Franklin-Simpson S. announced Saturday by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
“Ownership is laser-focused on the continued elevation of the racing product at their track, and we're appreciative of the recognition by the American Graded Stakes Committee,” Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs' Vice President for Racing, said in a press release Sunday. “As delighted as we are about finally getting a Grade I stakes, it's more about the ascent of our entire racing program, with the Franklin-Simpson an exciting result. While we have offered among the highest purses in the world for several years, bringing it all together is the way the horsemen–owners and trainers–have embraced us.”
Under the ownership headed by Ron Winchell and Marc Falcone the past four years, Kentucky Downs has added four Grade III stakes, its first (now at four) Grade II races and its first Grade I.
“Kentucky Downs was a strong regional track when we took over ownership, and our immediate focus was to try to make it more national,” Winchell said. “With our first Grade I and with four Grade II races among our nine graded stakes, we've become entrenched in the national conversation. Our goal now is to make Kentucky Downs an international destination. Part of that is working hard to continue the upward migration of our stakes. We want the Franklin-Simpson to be our first–but not only–Grade I.”
Kentucky Downs' first graded stakes was the Kentucky Turf Cup, back in 2001. The track did not receive another graded stakes until 2017, when it added two. The Franklin-Simpson earned its first grading for 2019, advancing to a Grade II for 2021. The Music City S., run for the first time in 2020, was conducted as a Grade III for the first time this year and will be a Grade II event in 2024.
The post First Grade I Race Elevates Kentucky Downs Program appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.
Caddo River, 2021 Arkansas Derby Runner-Up, To Start Stallion Career In 2024
Caddo River, runner-up in 2021 Arkansas Derby (G1) after a smashing tour de force in the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park, was retired following a sixth-place finish in the Ring the Bell Stakes Dec. 9 at the Hot Springs, Ark. track, John Gasper, racing manager for owner-breeder John Ed Anthony's Shortleaf Stable, said Sunday morning.
Gasper said Caddo River will begin his stallion career in 2024, with Anthony planning to stand the 5-year-old son of Hard Spun out of the Congrats mare Pangburn in Arkansas.
Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Caddo River retires with a 6-6-1 career line from 23 starts, including his 10 1/4-length wire-to-wire triumph in the 2021 Smarty Jones Stakes. Two starts later, he was second to Super Stock in the Arkansas Derby. Overall, the 5-year-old retires with a lifetime bankroll of $838,116.
The post Caddo River, 2021 Arkansas Derby Runner-Up, To Start Stallion Career In 2024 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.
