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Free Equibase PPs Available For NYRA’s Cross Country Pick 5 On Saturday
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will host a Cross Country Pick 5 encompassing action from Saratoga Race Course, Monmouth Park and Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday. All five races have post times within a 50-minute timeframe.
Live coverage of all the sequence's races will be available with America's Day at the Races on FS1 and MSG+. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick 5 sequence are now available for download at https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/cross-country-wagers.
Woodbine will initiate the sequence in Race 9 at 5:26 p.m. Eastern with a seven-furlong allowance sprint. A full 12-horse field will compete in the one-turn event for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up. Coach Lori, trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse, ran third in her stakes debut in the Star Shoot on June 13 at the track and finished third last out against allowance company over the same surface on July 4. Stakes-placed Perfection Cat, who ran third in the 2017 Glorious Song, will also compete for trainer Roger Attfield.
A 1 1/16-mile turf handicap for 3-year-olds and up will be the second race, as action shifts to Monmouth Park for Race 11 at 5:33 p.m. A 10-horse field will see trainer Kelly Breen send out two contenders in King of Spades and Bold Daddy.
Historic Saratoga Race Course will host the first of its two races in the sequence, starting with another full field of 12 New York-bred 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/16 miles on the Mellon turf course in Race 9 at 5:43 p.m. The allowance tilt will see Stanhope, trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Javier Castellano, look to build on his maiden-breaking effort last out. After a pair of runner-up finishes and a victory, Stanhope will make his sophomore debut, while Simply, a debut winner who ran third last out for Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, will make his Saratoga bow.
Woodbine will host the penultimate leg with Race 10 at 5:58 p.m. A full field of 13 3-year-olds and up will contest the 6 ½ furlong allowance, with Casse sending out Muskoka Son and Patrol while Tino Attard will saddle News Flash. Michael Trombetta will send out Cohiba Ghost, a maiden-winner last out in his fourth attempt on June 19 at the same track.
The lone stakes of the five-race slate comes in the finale, where the Spa will host the 37th running of the Grade 1, $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt in Race 10 at 6:16 p.m. Six-time graded stakes-winner Whitmore will return to historic Saratoga Race Course for the first time since winning the 2018 Grade 1 Forego, with the Ron Moquett-trained son of Pleasantly Perfect drawing post 2 as the 123-pound co-highweight. Firenze Fire has four wins in his last five starts dating to November and drew post 3, carrying 122 pounds. Mind Control [post 5, 123 pounds]; Volatile [post 4, 121 pounds] and Lexitonian [post 1, 118 pounds] comprise a talented field in the six-furlong sprint that could have major Breeders' Cup Sprint implications in November at Keeneland.
The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on ADW platforms and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.
The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.
Cross Country Pick 5 – Saturday, July 25:
Leg 1 – Woodbine, Race 9: (5:26 p.m.)
Leg 2 – Monmouth, Race 11: (5:33 p.m.)
Leg 3 – Saratoga, Race 9: (5:43 p.m.)
Leg 4 – Woodbine, Race 10: (5:58 p.m.)
Leg 5 – Saratoga, Race 10: Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt (6:16 p.m.)
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Friday’s Racing Insights: Pricey Outwork Filly Debuts at Saratoga
5th-SAR, $62K, Msw, (S), 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 3:28 p.m. ET
SAMBORELLA (Outwork), the most expensive of 66 yearlings to change hands from the first crop of her sire when bringing $500,000 from Gold Square, It’s All About The Girls Stable, Paul Braverman, Fortune Farm and Harlow Stables at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred Yearling Sale, debuts for Jeremiah Englehart. Produced by an unraced daughter of Tiznow, the bay is a half-sister to Bye Bye Hong Kong (Street Sense), SW & GSP-Eng; and last year’s GIII Pilgrim S. third Our Country (Constitution). The 2-1 morning-line favorite hails from extended female family of GISWs Bluegrass Cat, Girolamo, Rhythm, et al. TJCIS PPs
1st-MTH, $47K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5f, 5:00 p.m. ET
Godolphin homebred TAKINGTIMEOFF (Curlin), produced by a winning daughter of GISW Dubai Escapade (Awesome Again), has been firing bullets for trainer Michael Stidham at Fair Hill for this debut run. This is the same female family as brilliant millionaire Madcap Escapade (Hennessy). TJCIS PPs
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Monmouth’s Online $2,000 Pick Your Prize Handicapping Challenge Returns On Saturday
Monmouth Park Racetrack's $2,000 Pick Your Prize Handicapping Challenge will return for its fifth renewal on Saturday, July 25 and will take place online through TVG and Xpressbet.
The popular handicapping contest – which hosted 222 on-site entries in 2019 – will offer 18 seats to the 2021 National Horseplayers Championship, four seats to the 2020 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, and $65,000 in cash based on an estimated 200 entries.
“In a year that has seen a lot of plans change, we're thrilled to be able to offer our $2,000 Pick Your Prize Challenge online this Saturday,” said Brian Skirka, Monmouth Park's marketing manager and tournament director. “We already have players from 18 different states registered and I look forward to a continued rush of sign-ups. I'd like to thank the teams at TVG and Xpressbet, as well as Sportech, Amtote, and the Breeders' Cup, for all of their hard work and support leading up to what I know will be a great contest on Saturday.”
Boasting a unique format, the Pick Your Prize Challenge allows top finishers to select their prize(s) from a prize board. To accommodate this year's online event, a “prize selection conference call” will be set up amongst top finishers.
To register, all players must contact Skirka by Friday, July 24, at noon at bskirka@monmouthpark.com or by calling 732-571-6595. Participants across the country can only play through TVG or Xpressbet, while New Jersey residents are required to participate via 4NJBets – which is operated by TVG.
The Pick Your Prize Handicapping Challenge has a buy-in of $2,000. Players start with a bankroll of $1,000 with wagering on Monmouth Park races only. Players must bet $100 or more on at least 10 races. Only win, place, show and exacta wagers are permitted.
Based on 200 entries, the top four contest finishers will receive two selections from the prize board. Finishers five through 25 will receive one selection. All prizes and selection procedures are based on the final number of entries.
“In 2019, the 27th-place finisher at Pick Your Prize won an NHC seat,” Skirka said. “To me, that makes this contest a player's best opportunity of the year to qualify for Vegas.”
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