Tiger Dad Outfoots Rivals, Including Favored Stablemate, In Thor’s Echo At Santa Anita

With most of the attention focused on last year's winner, trainer Carla Gaines' “Avis choice,” consistent Tiger Dad, set the tone early as he battled head and head for the lead with a well-meant Principe Carlo, eventually gaining the ascendency in deep stretch as he drew off to win Saturday's $100,000 Thor's Echo Stakes by three quarters of length at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.

Ridden by regular pilot Victor Espinoza, Tiger Dad, a 4-year-old California-bred gelding by Smiling Tiger, got six furlongs in 1:09.56 while never threatened by his well fancied stablemate Desert Law, who checked in third as the even money favorite.

“I have been riding him quite a few times (his last eight races), so I really have the confidence in him.  When some other horse is outside, it is exactly what he wants because he won't let them go by.  I didn't want to take the lead too soon because he has a bad habit of waiting for horses, so today I was just hoping the outside horse (Principe Carlo) would keep going and keep me company all the way to the wire and it worked out perfectly.”

Most recently second to highly regarded Collusion Illusion in a six-furlong allowance here on May 17, Tiger Dad was the third choice at 5-2 in a field of five California-bred or sired three year olds and up and paid $7.60, $3.80 and $2.20.

“He ran fantastic,” said Gaines.  “He really dug in and Victor knows him so well.  As I said pre-race, my other horse (Desert Law) needs a race off of a layoff.  He got a little far back.”

Owned by his breeders, Mark Devereaux and Scott Gross, Tiger Dad, who had been out of the money in just two of his previous 14 starts, notched his first stakes victory and improved his overall mark to 15-4-5-3.  Out of the Unusual Heat mare Q T Shae, Tiger Dad bagged $60,000 for the win, increasing his earnings to $276,661.

Breaking from the far outside with Agapito Delgadillo up for trainer Ryan Hanson, Principe Carlo, who was claimed two starts back for $20,000, battled gamely throughout and finished 1 ¼ in front of Desert Law.  A winner of his last two starts, Principe Carlo was the narrow second choice at 5-2 and paid $3.60 and $2.20.

Ridden by Flavien Prat, Desert Law, who had been idle since running second in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar on July 27, paid $2.10 to show.

Fractions on the race were 22.33, 45.06 and 57.09.

Sponsored by the CTBA, the Thor's Echo, for 3-year-olds and up, is part of the lucrative Golden State Series for California-bred or sired horses.

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138 Tickets Win $58,267 Each On Gulfstream’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Mandatory Payout

Multiple winning tickets in Saturday's mandatory payout of Gulfstream Park's 20-cent Rainbow 6 each returned $58,267.14 on a day when the total pool at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track approached $10 million.

The sequence included Eye of the Jedi's $36.40 upset of Grade 1-winning millionaire Math Wizard and multiple graded-stakes winner Diamond Oops in Race 11, the $55,000 Coaltown for 3-year-olds and up.

There were 138 winning tickets.

The Rainbow 6 had gone unsolved for 20 consecutive racing days since a mandatory payout of $31,476.56 May 9. A total of $7,705,766 was put into the popular multi-race wager on top of a carryover of $1,861,605.13 from Friday's program.

In the Rainbow 6, the carryover jackpot is 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

On mandatory payout days, the carryover jackpot is completely disbursed and shared by all bettors holding tickets with the most winners.

The Rainbow 6 begins anew Sunday spanning Races 5-10 and offering a guaranteed pool of $100,000. Races 5 and 7 are scheduled for the turf, attracting a total of 28 entries.

First race post time is noon.

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Spectators Permitted As Delaware Park Opens With Obeah Stakes On Wednesday

The 83rd season of live racing at Delaware Park is set to open this Wednesday with spectators and enhanced safety protocols, including enforced social distancing. More information on the safety protocols will be released at www.delawarepark.com on Monday.

The $100,000 Obeah Stakes highlights the ten race card.

Mark P. Grier's Gotham Gala will be seeking a repeat victory in the race when she faces 11 rivals in the local prep for the filly and mare summer classic – the Grade 2 Delaware Handicap slated for Saturday, July 11.

Gotham Gala will be making her 2020 debut in the race named in honor of the two-time Delaware Handicap winner in 1969 and 1970 and the dam of the Hall of Fame filly Go for Wand who was locally owned by Jane and Harry duPont's Christiana Stable.

“She is doing really well,” said trainer Arnaud Delacour.  “Last year, she needed a race to really get going, but she really looks good and I think she is ready, so I am expecting a big effort from her.”

Last year, Gotham Gala posted a 3 ¼-length victory in the Obeah Stakes before finishing fourth in the Delaware Handicap.  The 5-year-old daughter of Smart Strike followed with a one mile allowance victory at Keeneland before closing her 2019 campaign with a fourth in the G3 Turnback the Alarm Stakes at Aqueduct on November 2.  The Kentucky-bred has a career record of four wins, a second and two thirds from 12 starts with earnings of $262,290.

Delacour has also entered Denlea Park and Mark Spellman's Fashion Faux Pas.  In her only outing this year, the 4-year-old daughter of Flatter was unplaced in a mile allowance at Churchill Downs over a sloppy course on May 16.  Last year, the Kentucky-bred won the Light Hearted Stakes by 14 ½-lengths at Delaware Park and then followed with a second in the G3 Delaware Oaks.  She closed her 2019 campaign with a pair of unplaced efforts in stakes.  Her career record is three wins, two seconds and a third from 11 starts with earnings of $177,817.

“She is doing great,” said Delacour.  “I am very happy with her.  She had a really good breeze on Friday. She is ready and she likes the course at Delaware Park.  I know her recent form has been so-so, but I think she is ready to redeem herself.  I am expecting strong efforts from both of my girls on Wednesday.”

The filly to beat is Phoenix Thoroughbred and KatieRich Stables' Lady Apple.  In her most recent, the 4-year-old daughter of Curlin finished eighth in the G1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park on April 18.  Previously, the Kentucky-bred trained by Steve Asmussen finished fifth in the G2 Azeri at Oaklawn on March 14.  In her only other outing this year, she won the G3 Houston Lady Classic at Sam Houston on January 26.  Last year, she won three G3 stakes – the Remington Oaks, the Iowa Oaks, and the Fantasy Stakes – and finished third in the G1 Kentucky Oaks.  She has a career record of six wins, two seconds, and a third from 14 starts with earnings of $1,001,984.

Since the Obeah Stakes was inaugurated in 1996, only the 2006 older female champion Fleet Indian and I'm a Chatterbox, who won the race in 2016, have won the race and followed with a victory in the Delaware Handicap. Two fillies have finished second in the Obeah and won the Delaware Handicap.  They were Unbridled Belle in 2007 and Power Play in 1997.  Three winners of the Obeah Stakes have followed by running second in the Delaware Handicap.  They were 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, Your Out in 2002 and Under the Rug in 2001.

Live racing will be conducted through October 17th.  Racing is scheduled three days a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Thursdays will be added July 16th and continue through October 1st.  First race daily post time is set for 1:15 p.m.

$100,000 Obeah Stakes

For  fillies and mares at a mile and sixteenth

PP HORSE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY Wg OD
1 Bronx Beauty 2WStables Anthony Margotta Jr Isacc Castillo 120 15-1
2 Wicked Awesome Warwick Stable A Ferris Allen Frankie Pennington 120 12-1
3 Trolley Ride James Eshleman T. Bernard Houghton Inoel Beato 120 15-1
4 Lady Apple Phoenix Thoroughbred Steven Asmussen Ricardo Santana Jr 124 7/2
5 Gotham Gala Mark P Grier Arnaud Delacour Trevor McCarthy 120 5-1
6 Ujjayi TL Wise Erin McClellan Tyler Conner 120 15-1
7 Vault Kueber Racing Brad Cox Florent Geroux 120 6-1
8 Fashion Faux Pas Denlea Park Arnaud Delacour Daniel Centeno 120 8-1
9 Afleet Destiny Trin-Brook Stables Uriah St Lewis Anthony Salgado 120 20-1
10 Lucky Move Ten Strike Stable Juan Carlos Guerrero Roberto Rosado 120 8-1
11 Motion Emotion Abbondanza Racing Richard Bilas Carol Cedeno 120 5-1
12 Trace of Grace WMT Stable T. Bernard Houghton TBD 120 20-1

 

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Newstome, Owlette Take Opening Stakes Of Woodbine Meet

Stakes action kicked off at Woodbine Racetrack in Ontario, Canada, on Saturday afternoon with 3-year-old colt Newstome winning the $100,000 Woodstock Stakes and Owlette taking the six-furlong companion Star Shoot for fillies.

With Luis Contreras aboard, Newstome made headlines with a commanding victory in the season's first stakes event for trainer Michael Trombetta and owner Marie Trombetta. 

Leaving from the inside, Aye Aye Sir charged out along the rail in the Woodstock with Lookinatamiracle and outsider Untitled looming through a :22.30 first quarter. The outside foes continued to press the pace into the turn and past the :45.14 half-mile mark with Newstome, who had stalked the front-runners early, joining the fray then sprinting away down the stretch for the wide-open win in 1:09.99. He ran off by 5 1/2 lengths, with Untitled chasing in second and Lookinatamiracle edging out Aye Aye Sir for the third-place honours. Striking Moon and Stormy Soul completed the order of finish.

“I got a great trip,” said Contreras afterwards. “He broke running and I was able to save ground and get in the stalk position. In the middle of the turn, I was just loaded with a lot of horse and turning for home, he just 'go.'” 

Bred in Pennsylvania by Equivine Farm, the grey Goldencents–Newstouse colt, who won a pair of black type stakes stateside during a $175,000 juvenile campaign, was making his Woodbine debut and now boasts wins in half of his eight career starts.

In addition to picking up the mount on the stakes winner, Contreras is off to a great start to the season with four other victories so far through the first four race days. 

“It's been a long wait and the most important thing right now is to stay safe, and stay like that for the whole rest of the meet.” 

Sent postward as the 5-1 second choice, Newstome paid $13.90 to win.

Clayton and supplement Muchmorethanthis were scratched and entered in Sunday's ninth race, a $101,200 seven-furlong allowance race.

In the Star Shoot, Owlette set out for the lead from the gate and never looked back, winning her season's debut for jockey Jerome Lermyte and trainer Wesley Ward.

Owlette clocked panels of :22.13 and :44.12 en route to victory 1:09.55 by 1 3/4 lengths over Sovereign Award champion filly Curlin's Voyage, who got up for second off a ground-saving trip. Coach Lori finished third after closing outside of Two Sixty, who was used early and stalked the winner throughout.

New York Groove, Tara Dawn, Ima Beast, Cool Shadows and Take Charge Eh completed the order of finish. Gizmo Flash was scratched, with her connections opting to race in a six-furlong dash on Sunday.

Owlette, who paid $6.50 to win as the slight 2-1 favorite, was successful in her season's debut after winning the Shady Well and Victorian Queen Stakes last year at Woodbine for owner Ted Broeck Farm. Bred in Ontario by Michael Byrne, she now sports a career record reading 4-2-0 in six starts with $235,000 banked in purse earnings.

The Frac Daddy–Itstartswithadream filly made a great first impression on Lermyte, who picked up the mount as Patrick Husbands stayed aboard Curlin's Voyage.

“I had the chance to get on her a few times in the morning and I was very confident, and she proved today that she has the ability,” said Lermyte. “The whole trip she kept me confident. When we turned for home, she was still nice and relaxed. I knew I had more – I had another gear – and I was confident the whole way.”

Commenting on Owlette's ability to stretch out in distance, Lermyte noted that, “She went a mile and sixteenth [last year finishing second in the South Ocean Stakes] and she ran a good race. Wesley puts his horses on point, so you don't have to worry about anything.”

Owlette and Artie's Princess, who won a five-furlong allowance race on Opening Day for Lermyte and Ward, are both nominated to the Woodbine Oaks (August 15) and The Queen's Plate (September 12).

 “She [Artie's Princess] gave me a very nice race. I was very happy with her so that's two nice fillies,” said Lermyte. 

In other action, Woodbine Oaks eligible Avie's Samurai ($7.90) was an impressive winner in the afternoon's opener, taking the lead in the turn and winning the $101,200 seven-furlong allowance optional claiming sprint by 4 3/4 lengths in 1:24.14. Contreras was aboard the homebred First Samurai–Avie's Sense filly for trainer Josie Carroll and owner Ivan Dalos.

The Queen's Plate nominated Golden Wave won his Woodbine debut with a 1:23.72 effort over seven furlongs in the fourth race, a $123,200 maiden allowance. The Atreides–Tidal Surge colt pressed the pace and turned into the stretch with the lead en route to a two-length victory over Fort Hope for trainer Mike De Paulo and owner Mickey Demers. Justin Stein rode the 13-1 upsetter, who returned $29.30 to win. 

Live Thoroughbred racing continues, without spectators, on Sunday afternoon with an 11-race card beginning at 1 p.m.

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