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Gulfstream Park: $1.1 Million Guaranteed Rainbow 6 Jackpot On Saturday

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $1.1 million Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the eighth racing day in a row Friday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $5,195.60.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 6-11, highlighted the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man in Race 10. The mile stakes for 3-year-olds, the first stop on the 2021 Road to the Florida Derby (G1),

The Mucho Macho Man, which will be accompanied in the Rainbow 6 sequence by the $75,000 Limehouse in Race 7 and the $75,000 Ginger Brew in Race 9.

Todd Pletcher-trained Mutasaabeq, a Grade 2 stakes winner on turf, is rated as the 5-2 morning-line favorite. The Shadwell homebred, who broke his maiden on dirt at Saratoga in his debut, is coming off a wide-trip, off-the-board finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1).

The Limehouse, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, drew a field of eight, including Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Drain the Clock, a back-to-back winner at Gulfstream in his first two career starts, was installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite. The son of Maclean's Music is coming off a disastrous start at Delta Downs in the Jean Lafitte Stakes, in which the rider was unseated due to a broken iron.

The Ginger Brew, a mile turf race for sophomore fillies, drew a deep field of nine, including Mark Casse-trained Inthewinnerscircle, who captured the Florida-bred Juvenile Fillies Turf at Gulfstream Park West; Todd Pletcher-trained Con Lima, who won an optional claiming allowance by more than six lengths in her turf debut at Gulfstream last out; Christophe Clement-trained Honey Pants, the 3-1 morning-line favorite who most recently finished second in a six-furlong stake on turf at Aqueduct; and Graham Motion-trained Oyster Box, who is coming off a debut victory at Belmont.

The Rainbow 6 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.

WHO'S HOT: No one is hotter than jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode five winners on Friday's program and swept the three stakes. He won the $75,000 Janus aboard Imprimis ($3.60), the $75,000 Cash Run aboard Gulf Coast ($6.40), and the $75,000 Abundantia with Hear My Prayer ($21). Ortiz also won aboard Lionessofbrittany ($13.20) in the sixth race and first-time starter Luann ($3.80) in the fifth.

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Imprimis Stays Perfect On Gulfstream Turf; One Of Five Winners On Day For Irad Ortiz Jr.

Breeze Easy LLC's Imprimis made a triumphant return to action at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Friday, following up a troubled trip in the Nov. 7 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) with a gutsy victory over Extravagant Kid in the $75,000 Janus.

The Janus, a five-furlong turf sprint for 4-year-olds and up, was the first of three stakes on the New Year's Day card, including the $75,000 Cash Run, and the $75,000 Abundantia. Imprimis' jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. also rode Gulf Coast to victory in the Cash Run and guided Hear My Prayer to win the Abundantia to finish the 11-race card with five victories.

Imprimis, the 4-5 favorite, ran his career record to 5-for-5 over the Gulfstream Park turf course, providing a measure of comfort for the disappointment his trainer felt following the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland.

“I even said, 'I'm feeling more pressure today that I did at the Breeders' Cup, and today he's supposed to win,” trainer Joe Orseno said.

Imprimis, who had to be checked hard by Ortiz after his stretch bid was shut off at Keeneland, didn't have another horse in his path while making his wide drive to the finish line, enabling him to finish a neck ahead of Extravagant Kid, who was beaten by only a length while finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.

“He ran down a credible horse. When Extravagant Kid got the jump on him, I thought I was in trouble, because he's a good horse. The horse made about a million dollars,” Orseno said. “I'm very pleased to get a good trip.”

Imprimis did experience a little crowding following the break, settling in fifth along the backstretch as The Critical Way showed the way into the homestretch while setting swift fractions of 21.09 and 43.22 seconds for a half-mile. Extravagant Kid, who rated fourth on the backstretch, made a three-wide move on the turn into the homestretch to get the jump on the favorite, who quickly joined him to his outside. The Critical Way, ridden by Paco Lopez, held gamely while tiring but was unable to hold off his two more high-profile rivals, finishing just a head behind runner-up Extravagant Kid, the 5-2 second choice.

The multiple graded-stakes winner Imprimis ran five furlongs on a firm turf in 54.82 seconds.

“Last time it was a little sad after the trip I had in the Breeders' Cup. I feel like it's one of those races that you probably could have won, and those races don't come back. It's one time the whole year, so I was so sad for them because he worked so hard and he deserved it. I probably made a bad decision, so I feel bad,” Ortiz said “But thank God, today I was able to ride him back, and to be able to be in the winner's circle is very special for me. Moving forward after this race, he's a nice horse and he's doing so good right now I think he's doing better than ever. I expect a good year for him.”

The $100,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint (G3) Feb. 13 is a possibility for the 7-year-old son of Broken Vow's next start.

“The horse will tell me. The plan is to go to it. The plan was to go to the next one, not this one, but he was doing so well. It was hard to pass up. When they're hitting the ground like this and doing this well and feeling this good, you're afraid they're going to do something to hurt themselves. So, I took advantage and ran him in this race,” Orseno said “We'll see about the next one. If he's doing like this and is 100 percent, then yes.”

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‘I Think This Is A Derby Horse’: Trainer Wyner Celebrates First Stakes Win With Capo Kane In Jerome

Capo Kane made his stakes debut – and first start in New York – a successful effort, leading gate-to-wire for a 6 1/4-length victory in Friday's 151st running of the $150,000 Jerome for newly minted 3-year-olds at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.

Owned by Bing Cherry Racing and Leonard Liberto, Capo Kane made his debut on October 28 at Parx, running second in a seven-furlong sprint. He ended his juvenile campaign with a maiden-breaking victory on November 25 on the same track, being stretched out to a mile and 70 yards.

Returning to action on an overcast New Year's Day, the California-bred Capo Kane broke sharp from the inside post under jockey Dylan Davis and led the compact five-horse field through the opening quarter-mile in 23.53 seconds and the half in 47.83 on the muddy main track with 7-5 favorite Swill in close pursuit.

Jockey Manny Franco urged up Eagle Orb out of the turn, making a bid from the outside. But Davis responded to the pressure by keeping Capo Kane alert, and the Street Sense colt responded with a strong stretch drive surge that saw him move out to the center of the track while drawing away to win the first stakes of the year on the NYRA circuit. He completed the one-turn mile in a final time of 1:38.02.

Capo Kane, off at 6-1, returned $15.80 on a $2 win wager and earned 10 qualifying points towards the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs. The top-four finishers were awarded 10-4-2-1 points.

Updated Kentucky Derby points leaderboard

“He broke sharp for me and I was able to take the lead very comfortably,” Davis said. He responded great all the way to the wire and I was very happy with the way he did it. He galloped out well. It was a very comfortable win and he handled the track real well.”

Conditioner Harold Wyner, a former steeplechase jockey who trained his first winner in 2004, earned his first career stakes win in his 1,679th career starter. Capo Kane, who was running without Lasix for the first time, is now tied for fifth on the early points leaderboard for the “Run for the Roses.”

“I'd like to thank the owners for giving me the opportunity to train this horse and having faith in me,” Wyner said.“The goal was to do what Dylan wanted. I said to Dylan if he breaks good to just leave him alone, take a long hold and let him get in his stride and take the race as you find it. He found himself on the lead and Dylan rode a fantastic race.

“Last time he drifted out a little bit at the head of the lane at Parx, but that was because he switched his lead early. He's still a little green,” he added.

Wyner said stretching back out to two turns could be the next step, with the Grade 3, $250,000 Withers [10-4-2-1 points] going 1 1/8 miles on February 6 at the Big A remaining a possible target, as well as the Risen Star at Fair Grounds on February 13.

“It should be no problem. In the morning, the further he gallops the stronger he gets. He just loves to run,” Wyner said. “He's a racehorse. I'd like to see how he comes back, but I may point him towards the Withers or the maybe the Risen Star.”

Wyner said he's excited to train another horse who has potential on the Kentucky Derby trail, building on a recent experience. He picked out Capo Kane, a $26,000 purchase, at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The Manchester, England, born conditioner was also the initial conditioner of Ny Traffic, who finished eighth in last year's Kentucky Derby for trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr.

“When I first got the horse I breezed him and he breezed real well,” Wyner said about Capo Kane. “I used to have Ny Traffic as a 2-year-old and I won with him and brought him here [fifth in 2019 Notebook at the Big A] and we decided to send him to Florida to Mr. Saffie and thank God we did because COVID hit. I told Mr. Fanelli [co-owner of NY Traffic] then that he was a Derby horse and I think this is a Derby horse, too. I bought Ny Traffic at the sale, and I also bought this one.”

E.V. Racing Stable's Eagle Orb, a New York-bred son of Orb, finished 2 ¾ lengths ahead of Hold the Salsa for second. The Rudy Rodriguez trainee has finished first or second in five of his six career starts.

“I had a good trip,” Franco said. “I was right there, but I have to give credit to the winner. He's a nice horse.”

Swill picked up a lone qualifying point for fourth while Original completed the order of finish.

Live racing resumes Saturday at Aqueduct with a nine-race card highlighted by the $100,000 Gravesend for 4-year-olds and up going 6 1/2 furlongs in Race 8. First post is 12:20 p.m. Eastern.

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Johan Rosado Starts New Year With Four-Win Day At Laurel Park

Jockey Johan Rosado celebrated the new year in style by sweeping the early daily double and finishing with four winners on Friday's nine-race program that opened the 41-day winter meet at Laurel Park in Maryland.

The 22-year-old piloted Natty Beau ($23) to victory in the opener, a six-furlong claimer for 3-year-olds, and cruised to the wire first aboard Italian Dressing ($9.40) in Race 2, a 5 ½-furlong maiden claimer for 3-year-old fillies.

Rosado then guided Youngest of Five ($12) to a front-running victory in Race 4, a two-turn allowance for older Maryland-bred/sired horses going about 1 1/16 miles, and rode Makin' Out ($10.40) to a neck triumph over favored Nana's Shoes in Race 6, a one-mile starter optional claimer for older females.

Rosado's winners came for trainers Richard Sillaman, Hamilton Smith, Hugh McMahon and Henry Walters.

“I'm just lucky I got on the right horses today and had a good day,” Rosado said. “[I'm] just thankful for every horseman and their staff. If the opportunity comes you just try to take advantage of them and you can have big days like this.”

Rosado rode 15 winners at Laurel's 2020 winter meet which ended Dec. 31. He is the son of Roberto Rosado, a native of Puerto Rico who shared the 1997 Eclipse Award as champion apprentice with Phil Teator.

Johan Rosado won with his first career mount, Tripocha, Sept. 11, 2017 at Parx in a race where his father finished sixth. He finished with 15 wins at the Laurel winter meet that ended Dec. 31 and owns 180 career victories and more than $5.5 million in purse earnings.

Seven Maidens Seeking Diploma in Laurel Opener Saturday
Seven newly turned 3-year-olds will sprint seven furlongs in a wide-open maiden special weight that kicks off Saturday's nine-race program at Laurel Park.

First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Ten Strike Racing's Arrio is the narrow 5-2 program favorite in his career debut. The gelded bay son of Grade 1 winner Paynter has been working steadily since mid-September at Laurel for trainer Brittany Russell, who won with eight of 23 first-time starters in 2020 (35 percent) and finished in the top three at a 70 percent clip (16-23).

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, William Freeman and Michael Valdes' Excursion, a son of two-time Horse of the Year and 2014 Hall of Famer Curlin who fetched $325,000 as a yearling in 2019, is listed at 3-1 on the morning line. The bay colt went winless in three off-the-turf starts in 2020 for trainer Graham Motion, who also entered Wertheimer and Frere's homebred Pitaman.

Oliver Fortune's Rippolino will cut back and add blinkers after respectively running third and second in a pair of fall maiden special weight events at Laurel going one and 1 1/16 miles. He is listed at 7-2 in the program along with Kathryn Nikkel, Pegasus Stud and trainer Kelly Rubley's Flight Map, a son of Liam's Map that ran third in each of his three 2020 starts.

Race 8 is a second-level optional claiming allowance for 4-year-olds and up going 6 ½ furlongs where Run To Win Stable and Jagger, Inc.'s Thundershook, a five-time winner from 10 starts last year, is favored at 5-2 on the morning line from outside Post 7. Also in the field are Great Camanoe, fourth in the Bert Allen on turf last fall at Laurel, and 2019 Maryland Juvenile Futurity runner-up Stone Courageous.

Factor It In Makes Successful Return in Laurel Friday Feature
Michael Scheffres' Factor It In, in his first start in more than five months, made a successful return to the races by sweeping to the front on the far turn and opening up down the lane for a 4 ¾-length victory in Friday's featured seventh race.

Ridden by Jevian Toledo for trainer Carlos Mancilla, Factor It In ($11.40) ran seven furlongs in 1:24.34 over a fast main track in the third-level optional claiming allowance for 4-year-olds and up. It was the sixth career win for the 5-year-old son of multiple Grade 1 winner The Factor, who ran sixth in the 2020 General George (G3).

Multiple stakes-placed Tybalt closed to be second with 2020 Private Terms runner-up My Friends Beer third. Grade 2 winner Still Having Fun, favored at 2-1, ran last of six.

Larry Rebold's Youngest of Five ($12) led from start to finish, putting away 6-5 favorite The Poser and holding off a late challenge from Toy to win Race 4, a two-turn allowance for Maryland-bred/sired 4-year-olds and up. The winning time for about 1 1/16 miles was 1:46.43. Mine Not Mine, second in the Miracle Wood and third in the Private Terms last winter, ran third in his first start in seven months.

Maxis Stable's Kewpie Doll ($5.80) took the lead on the far outside and powered through the stretch under jockey Lauralea Glaser to capture Race 5, an entry-level optional claiming allowance for newly turned 3-year-old fillies. Sent off as the 9-5 favorite against seven rivals, Kewpie Doll ran 6 ½ furlongs in 1:20.68 to earn her second career win and first since a maiden special weight triumph last August at Laurel.

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