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Pegasus World Cup Day Noms Close Jan. 10

Nominations for five graded stakes to be run Saturday, Jan. 23 on Pegasus World Cup Invitational Day at Gulfstream Park will close Sunday, Jan. 10.

The five graded races are: $200,000 GII Inside Information S. – Fillies & Mares, 4yo/up, Seven Furlongs; $150,000 GIII W. L. McKnight S., 4yo/up, 1 1/2 Miles Turf; $125,000 Fred W. Hooper S., 4yo/up, One Mile; $125,000 La Prevoyante S., Fillies & Mares, 4yo/up, 1 1/2 Miles Turf; $123,000 GIII Marshua’s River S., Fillies & Mares, 4yo/up, One Mile Turf; $3-million GI Pegasus World Cup S. and $1-million GI Pegasus World Cup Turf.

For more information, visit www.1st.com.

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Vitali Resurfaces at Turf Paradise

Trainer Marcus Vitali started a horse Monday at Turf Paradise, finishing third in the Hank Mills Sr. S.s with Be Gone Daddy (Scat Daddy) in what was his first start since July 21, 2019.

Vitali’s career has been marked by numerous drug violations, suspensions and bans. His career stalled in 2019 when, in mid-July, he was suspended for 365 days by the Delaware Racing Commission for “interfering with and impeding an investigation being performed by the DTRC investigator along with Delaware Park Security staff.” Delaware racing officials alleged that Vitali removed an item from a refrigerator in a dorm room during a search and fled. The item was never recovered.

In 2016, Vitali relinquished his Florida trainer’s license to avoid being penalized for seven medication violations between October 2015 and January 2016. Vitali and Florida regulators eventually agreed on a 120-day suspension for the trainer. He made only 29 starts in 2017, but rebuilt his stable and made 334 starts and won 49 races in 2018, the majority of them coming at Gulfstream and Gulfstream Park West.

Vitali’s name resurfaced in August when the Maryland Jockey Club alleged that trainer Wayne Potts was acting as a program trainer for Vitali, who was banned at the Maryland tracks at the time. Because of his alleged association with Vitali, Potts was ordered to vacate the grounds at Laurel.

The TDN reached out to Vitali Tuesday and the trainer claimed that because of bad reception, he could not hear the phone call. He said he would call back, but did not do so.

In a story that ran in February in the Attleboro (Mass.) Sun Chronicle detailing Vitali’s plans at the time to open a marijuana growing business, Vitali downplayed his many suspensions.

“Every trainer has been suspended at one time or another,” Vitali said. “There are so many different rules. Each track has different rules.”

When reached by the TDN, Turf Paradise General Manager Vince Francia referred questions to the Arizona Department of Racing

Vitali has two more horses entered Wednesday at Turf Paradise, as well as one horse each on the cards of Jan. 8 and Jan. 11.

For his career, which began in 1990, Vitali has made 5,636 starts and has won 888 races.

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No Pegasus For Godolphin’s Fair Grounds-Based Maxfield, Mystic Guide

Neither of Godolphin's two Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup aspirants based at the Fair Grounds, Maxfield nor Mystic Guide, will make the Jan. 23 race at Gulfstream Park, reports the Daily Racing Form. Both colts came down with minor respiratory illnesses and missed enough training to take them out of Pegasus consideration.

The undefeated Grade 1-winner Maxfield, who returned off a seven-month layoff to win the Dec. 19 Tenacious Stakes at the Fair Grounds, returned to regular training on Monday. Trainer Brendan Walsh expects the 4-year-old to be ready for racing in early to mid-February.

“Some horse came down with something when the temperature dropped here,” Walsh told DRF. “The only remedy is to back off on them. He showed some early signs, so we backed off. It's curtailed any aspirations of going for a race like the Pegasus. The good news is he's fine.”

Mystic Guide, trained by Mike Stidham, finished second last out in the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup behind Happy Saver. Stidham said the colt is still coughing, but is back to tack walking in the shed row and will likely be pointed to a stakes race at the Fair Grounds or at Oaklawn in the coming months.

Guaranteed $1.4-Million Rainbow 6 Jackpot Awaits Horseplayers At Gulfstream Park

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $1.4 million Wednesday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 10th racing day in a row Sunday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $16,706.94.

The jackpot pool 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.

Ride A Comet Tops Tropical Turf (G3) Nominations
John Oxley and My Meadowview Farm LLC's Ride a Comet is prominent among 20 nominations for the $100,000 Tropical Turf (G3) Jan. 9 at Gulfstream Park.

The 6-year-old son of Candy Ride has won seven of 12 career starts, including four of five races on turf. The Mark Casse trainee captured the 2018 Del Mar Futurity (G2) before heading to the sidelines for 25 months. He came back in the fall to win both starts, including the Kennedy Road (G2) over Woodbine's synthetic surface.

Ride a Comet has won seven of 12 career starts, including four of five races on turf.

Jordan Wycoff's Tusk has been nominated to defending his 2020 victory in the Topical Turf, a mile turf stakes for 4-year-olds and up. The 8-year-old son of Tapit went to the sidelines for 11 months before returning to action in the Claiming Crown Emerald, a race in which the Saffie Joseph Jr. trainee prepped for last year's victory.

William Lawrence's Analyze It, a multiple graded-stakes winner, was on the sidelines for 10 months after finishing third in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1), returning to capture the Red Bank (G3) at Monmouth in September. The Chad Brown-trained son of Point of Entry finished off the board in the Shadwell Mile (G1) at Keeneland in his most recent start.

Amerman Racing LLC's Admission Office, who ran in last year's Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), has been nominated to the Tropical Turf. The Brian Lynch-trained 6-year-old has been idled since the winning the Louisville (G3) at Churchill June 20. The son of Point of Entry finished second in the Fort Lauderdale (G2) and Mac Diarmida (G2) last season.

WHO'S HOT: Two-time defending Championship Meet titlist Irad Ortiz Jr. enjoyed a three-win day Sunday, scoring aboard Kasim ($5.20) in Race 2, Search Results ($5.60) in Race 6, and Bad Beat Brian ($4.40) in Race 7.

Edgard Zayas notched a double with Under the Couvers ($8.60) in Race 1 and Swirling Candy ($12.40) in Race 5.

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