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$25,507 Payout In Longshot-Dominated Cross Country Pick 5

Saturday's Cross Country Pick 5, featuring stakes action from Aqueduct, Oaklawn Park and Keeneland Race Course, returned $25,507.25 for selecting all five winner's for the 50-cent wager. The total was pool was $180,061.

The action started with the sequence's lone non-stakes in Aqueduct's Race 7, when Family Biz overtook Yankee Division in the stretch to win a one-mile main track allowance tilt for trainer Linda Rice at the Ozone Park, N.Y., track. Family Biz, ridden by Eric Cancel, returned $13.80 on a $2 win wager, victorious for the second time in five starts this year.

Keeneland, located in Lexington, Ky., commenced the stakes action in Race 8 when Change of Control posted a rallying one-length victory in the $100,000 Giant's Causeway for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up in a 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint. Trained by Michelle Lovell and ridden by Colby Hernandez, Change of Control paid $19.80.

Aqueduct's first turf stakes of the year saw another double-digit payout, with the British-bred Delaware winning his first North American start with an impressive come-from-behind effort in the $100,000 Danger's Hour in Race 8. The Chad Brown trainee set a Big A track record for one mile on the inner turf course, running down Rinaldi in the final sixteenth to hit the wire in 1:33.67 under a drive by jockey Manny Franco. Delaware, a Group 3 winner in France before arriving in the United States, paid $22.20.

King Fury provide the wager's biggest payday, winning the Grade 3, $200,000 Lexington at 18-1 odds for trainer Ken McPeek. King Fury, who tracked in eighth position in the nine-horse field of 3-year-olds through the opening quarter-mile, registered a 2 3/4-length win under Brian Hernandez, Jr., winning the 1 1/16-mile Kentucky Derby prep race that earned the winner 20 qualifying points to the “Run for the Roses” on May 1. King Fury paid $38.40 for winning Keeneland's ninth race, while Unbridled Honor, Starrinmydreams and Proxy finished second, third and fourth to earn 8-4-2 points, respectively.

Oaklawn closed out the contest with By My Standards edging Rushie by a nose to win the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile for 4-year-olds and up on the main track in Race 9. By My Standards, with Gabriel Saez in the irons, returned $6.80 for his off-the-pace effort at the Hot Springs, Arkansas track, earning a win for trainer Bret Calhoun.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on track, 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.

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Horologist Makes Successful Return From Layoff In Top Flight Invitational

Three-time graded stakes winner Horologist recaptured her 2020 form in notching a comeback triumph in Saturday's 80th running of the $100,000 Top Flight Invitational, a nine-furlong test for older fillies and mares at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.

Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, the New Jersey-bred daughter of Gemologist is owned by There's A Chance Stable, Medallion Racing, Abbondanza Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Paradise Farms Corporation and David Staudacher.

Last season, Horologist put together a successful 4-year-old campaign which earned her New Jersey Horse of the Year honors. Her accomplishments included triumphs in the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park and the Grade 2 Beldame Invitational at Belmont Park, where she finished ahead of graded stakes winners Point of Honor and Dunbar Road. Horologist capped off her prosperous season in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland when ninth to Monomoy Girl.

Off the five-month respite, Horologist broke sharply from post 5 but allowed Grade 3 Comely victress Mrs. Danvers to dictate terms into the first turn. Jockey Junior Alvarado kept Horologist one path to the pacesetter's outside in second through easy opening fractions of 24.72 for the quarter-mile and 49.55 for the half-mile over the fast main track.

Around the far turn, Horologist inched her way up to even terms with Mrs. Danvers and put up a furious bid when asked. Jockey Kendrick Carmouche started getting busy aboard Mrs. Danvers, who was a persistent customer toward the inside. Just outside the eighth pole, Horologist put a nose in front and never relinquished, taking her 5-year-old debut by one length in a time of 1:52.14.

It was another neck to Sonata Stable's Lucky Stride, last-out winner of the Nellie Morse at Laurel Park, who was compromised at the start but produced a late-closing effort to complete the trifecta.

Queen Nekia, Thankful and Flashndynamite completed the order of finish.

The victory was a fifth overall stakes win for Horologist, who defeated her Garden State-bred counterparts in the 2019 Smart N Classy and Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks for former trainer John Mazza.

Returning $4.00 as the even-money favorite, Horologist upped her lifetime earnings past the three-quarter million mark to $770,439 and a record of 21-8-2-4.

The win was a third stakes triumph of the 11-day Aqueduct spring meet for Mott and Alvarado, who previously teamed up with Modernist in the Grade 3 Excelsior as well as Grade 3 Distaff Handicap winner Paris Lights who, like Horologist, also was making her first start of 2021.

“Coming off the layoff, this track is very tiring and I didn't want to be on the lead and have someone putting pressure on me the whole way,” said Alvarado, who was aboard Horologist for her Beldame Invitational triumph. “It took me a little bit to get her settled, but when she settled on the backside, I knew it was good. When she [Mrs. Danvers] came back to me, I knew we were good after that. Turning for home, I had to ask her a little bit, but it's not easy coming from a layoff on this track going a mile and an eighth. She really tried. I was pretty happy with the way she did it. She was the class of the race.”

Carmouche said Hall of Fame trainer Shug McCaughey left the ball in his court in terms of setting the pace.

“Shug said I could do either way; if I wanted the lead or if I wanted to sit off it,” Carmouche said. “I figured coming out of there, I'd see what happens. If I let Junior have the lead, it was going to be too easy, and I'd rather do it than have him do it. The filly ran well. She fought back gamely it was just a better horse beat us today.”

Bred by Holly Crest Farm, Horologist is out of the Stephen Got Even mare Cinderella Time.

Live racing resumes Sunday at Aqueduct with a nine-race card featuring the $100,000 Plenty of Grace for fillies and mares going one mile over the inner turf. First post is 1:20 p.m. Eastern.

Post-race quotes:

Adam Beschizza (winning rider of Silver Dust)
“He's a very talented animal and he's proven at this level. These small fields, I feel like he gets a hold of the race a lot easier. Today he had a nice stalking position and he had a hold of the race at the right time. He took the bull by the horns and he dug deep. Thank you very much to (owner) Mr. (Tom) Durant and (trainer) Mr. (Bret) Calhoun. I know (Calhoun has) a busy day at Oaklawn today, but this will surely lift his spirits and I just want to thank him for keeping faith in me.”

Jade Lowder (assistant to winning trainer Bret Calhoun)
“I just think he's been good lately. He's been ready to throw a race like this and Bret's done a great job with him. Five-horse field, outside trip the whole way. I think he really liked the track and liked the going.”

Javier Castellano (rider of runner-up Night Ops)
“He was closing well down the center of the track. He ran a good race and tried hard.”

Tom Drury (trainer of fourth-place finisher Sprawl)
“He ran his eyeballs out today. He really tried hard.”

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Apr. 11 Insights

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1st-AQU, $80K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:20p.m.

Jeremiah Englehart unveils $750,000 KEESEP purchase AFTER THE PARTY (Into Mischief) in the Sunday opener at the Big A. A half to SW Green Destiny (Super Saver), the bay is out of SW Defy Gravity (Bandini), who is a half-sister to GISW Callback (Street Sense). This is also the family of GI Kentucky Derby hero Super Saver (Maria's Mon), as well as Grade I winners Imagining (Giant's Causeway), Girolamo (A.P. Indy) and Got Lucky (A.P. Indy). Chad Brown saddles an intriguing firster in Three Chimneys Farm homebred Always Carina (Malibu Moon). The dark bay is a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Structor (Palace Malice) and their dam is a full to GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine More Than Real (More Than Ready). She enters off a best-of-30 half-mile in :49 2/5 at Payson Park Mar. 26. TJCIS PPs

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Friday’s Insights: ‘Rising Star’ Returns at Keeneland

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6th-Keeneland, $83K, AOC, 4/up, f/m, 8.5f, post time: 3:51 p.m. ET
Robert and Lawana Low's current crop of 4-year-olds includes leading U.S. turf horse Colonel Liam (Liam's Map) and 'TDN Rising Star' SPICE IS NICE (Curlin), who dips down into allowance company for her seasonal debut. An impressive 12-length maiden winner at first asking last January, she was runner-up in the GII Davona Dale S., but only fifth to Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks. An easy Belmont allowance winner last July, the $1.05-million Keeneland September yearling and daughter of GISW Dame Dorothy (Bernardini) makes her first start since a sixth in the GI Alabama S. at Saratoga Aug. 15. TJCIS PPs

Pricey Into Mischief Colt Gets Going at Aqueduct…
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ABSOLUTE COURAGE (Into Mischief) was the most expensive of 17 of his all-conquering stallion's offspring to sell as foals in 2018 when fetching $500,000 at KEENOV (the second-priciest was future 'TDN Rising Star' and GSW Mutasaabeq at $425,000). The half-brother to MSP Thanks Mr. Eidson (More Than Ready) found himself back in the Keeneland sales pavilion 10 months later, hammering for $800,000 to the bid of Courtlandt Farms. The Jan. 28 foal is out of an unraced daughter of GSW Profit Column (Private Account), the dam of GSW/GISP Final Round (Storm Cat) and SW Countess Curlin (Curlin). Similarly, Supply and Demand (Exaggerator) was the most expensive weanling from the first crop of his Classic-winning stallion, selling for $230,000 at KEENOV in 2018. The gelding is out of a full-sister to MGSW/GISP Redeemed (Include). TJCIS PPs

Lothenbach Firster Looks Live in Keeneland Finale…
Owner Robert Lothenbach bought a dozen horses at the 2019 Keeneland September sale for $3,235,000, and FINE COTTON (Curlin) looks to repay some of his $450,000 investment in the Friday finale in Lexington. The May 1 foal is out of the unraced Carolina Cotton (Majesticperfection), who was purchased by Woodford Thoroughbreds for $370,000 with this filly in utero at KEENOV in 2017. Majesticperfection is the sire of Lothenbach's GISW Bell's the One. Fine Cotton's second dam includes Whatdreamsrmadeof (Graeme Hall), the Grade II-placed dam of MGISW Curalina (Curlin). TJCIS PPs

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