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Rispoli Guides Smooth Like Strait To Victory In La Jolla Handicap
Cannon Thoroughbreds' Smooth Like Strait used his speed to good advantage Sunday and scored a handy victory in the 80th running of the Grade 3 La Jolla Handicap for 3-year-olds at Del Mar near San Diego, Calif.
Under 124 pounds and Umberto Rispoli, Del Mar's leading rider, the 4-5 favorite drew out in the lane to tally by 2 1/2 lengths at the end of the 1 1/16-mile grass test and earned $75,000 from the $125,000 purse. The victory by the Midnight Lute colt was his fourth in eight lifetime starts and pushed his bankroll to $253,323. He is trained by Michael McCarthy.
Finishing second was Exline-Border Racing, David Bernsen and partners' Storm the Court and running third was Karl Pergola's K P All Systems Go.
As the 4-5 race favorite, Smooth Like Strait returned $3.60, $2.60 and $2.20 across the board. He covered the distance on the green in a solid 1:40.29.
Three of the Kentucky-bred's four victories have come in stakes races, including the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes at Del Mar last December 1.
“I knew I had the most speed,” said Rispoli. “Mike (trainer Michael McCarthy) told me to ride like I was on the best horse. When you hear that, you have confidence. When Mike Smith's horse (Indian Peak) came up outside me on the backstretch, that was OK. It wasn't a worry. My horse was relaxed, so we were just helping each other. Then he had good speed at the end and we were gone. I like this place (Del Mar) and I like racing in California. There's good competition here. We go against each other and make each other better. It's good.”
Rispoli was a double winner on the afternoon and took a 24 to 21 advantage over Flavien Prat for the riding crown at Del Mar after 13 days of racing at the shore oval.
“Very pleased,” McCarthy said. “The race unfolded like it looked on paper. I thought Umberto (rider Rispoli) did a wonderful job of getting him out in the clear on the first turn. When that horse came up outside of him on the backside it was something we're not used to. But Umberto was very cool, didn't panic, did the right thing and knew he was on the best horse today. When the other horse went ahead it didn't bother me because I knew we were still traveling well in hand. When we re-engaged and got a half a length ahead I was just happy to see no one was coming from behind.”
Nobody hit the Pick Six Sunday afternoon meaning there will be a carryover of $142,511 heading into this Friday's card. The track's Jackpot carryover rose to $56,395.
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Art Collector Impresses in Runhappy Ellis Park Derby
Unwilling to have his perfect 2020 record marred with a less-than-perfect finish, Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector led at every point of call Aug. 9 in the $193,750 Runhappy Ellis Park Derby at Ellis Park to tally his fourth consecutive win.
$4.1 Million Bet Into Gulfstream Rainbow 6; Winning Tickets Each Worth $61,593
There were multiple winning tickets on Sunday's mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., with each ticket returning $61,593.78
There was $4,159,821 bet into Sunday's Rainbow 6. The carryover pool was $1.137 million.
Winners of races in the Rainbow 6 were:
– 6th Race: Pseudonym $10.20
– 7th Race: Flawless Moon $8.40
– 8th Race: Heir Ball $17.20
– 9th Race: Worth Avenue $10.80
– 10th Race: Sensible Myth $20
– 11th Race: Passion Plus $15
The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is usually only 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 usually goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool. However, on mandatory-payout days, the entire pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the six-race sequence.
Racing resumes Thursday at Gulfstream with a $100,000 guaranteed pool in the Rainbow 6 and a Super Hi 5 carryover of $3,665.47.
'Myth' Proves Herself in Sunday's Dayatthespa
Courtesy of a Hall of Fame ride by Edgar Prado, Sensible Myth pulled off an upset over 6-5 favorite Kelsey's Cross in Sunday's $60,000 Dayatthespa Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Diamond Racing Inc.'s Sensible Myth ($20) saved ground into the stretch before kicking in through the stretch to prevail over Kelsey's Cross by a neck to win her first career stakes in her third start for trainer Leo Gabriel Jr.
Kelsey's Cross pressed pacesetter Lagertha, a Chilean import who set fractions of 23.49 and 47.49 seconds for the first half in her U.S. debut, before moving to the lead on the turn into the homestretch. The favorite fought gamely in the stretch but fell a neck short of holding off Sensible Myth, who found room to ease off the rail at the top of the stretch. Great Sister Diane, the 5-2 second choice ridden by Miguel Vasquez, was forced to alter course at the top of the stretch before putting in a strong rally that fell a half-length short.
Sensible Myth ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.72 in the overnight stakes for fillies and mares.
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