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1/ST Offering ‘Mega Promotion’ Featuring 15 Graded Stakes At Gulfstream, Santa Anita On March 5

The $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) will headline the March 5 program at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., providing 3-year-old prospects a steppingstone to the April 2 $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) and the 2022 Triple Crown. The 76th running of the tradition-rich stakes will also be featured in a mega promotion between 1/ST sister tracks Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., which will play host to a combined 15 graded stakes worth $4.15 million that day.

Gulfstream will offer nine graded stakes worth $1.7 million in purses, while Santa Anita's card will be graced by six graded-stakes worth $2.45 million. A Coast to Coast All Turf Stakes Pick 5 and a Coast to Coast All Dirt Stakes Pick 5, each with legs run at Gulfstream and Santa Anita, will be among the highlights of the 1/ST promotion. A free contest will offer a $5 million jackpot for an entry or entries with all 15 graded/stakes winners.

In addition to the Fountain Youth, the $200,000 Davona Dale (G2), a mile race for 3-year-old fillies; $200,000 WinStar Gulfstream Park Mile (G2), a mile stakes for 4-year-olds and up; $200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2), a 1 3/8-mile turf stakes for older horses; $150,000 Canadian Turf (G3), a mile race for 4-year-olds and up; $150,000 Honey Fox (G3), a mile turf stakes for older fillies and mares; $150,000 The Very One (G3), a 1 3/8-mile turf test for older fillies and mares; $125,000 Herecomesthebride (G3), a mile turf event for 3-year-old fillies; and the $125,000 Palm Beach (G3), a mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds; will be featured on Gulfstream's March 5 card.

Nominations for all nine of Gulfstream's graded stakes will close on Sunday.

Santa Anita's March 5 program will offer the $650,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1), a 1 ¼-mile handicap for older horses, $500,000 Beholder (G1), a mile stakes for older fillies and mares; $500,000 Frank E. Kilroe (G1), a mile turf race for older horses; $400,000 San Felipe (G2), a 1 1/16-mile event for 3-year-olds; $200,000 San Carlos (G2), a seven-furlong sprint for older horses; and $200,000 Buena Vista (G2), a mile race for older fillies and mares.

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Gulfstream Park: Friday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Has $1 Million Gross Pool Guarantee

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed for $1 million Friday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where the popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for 12 racing days in a row following a mandatory payout on Jan. 29, Pegasus World Cup Day.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is 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.

The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 4-9, kicked off by a maiden special weight race for Florida-bred 3-year-old fillies. Little Pearl, a daughter of Constitution, will debut for a trainer with a 29-percent strike rate with first-time starters. With Liberty, Spirit Wind and Chitienne are returning from promising debuts.

In Race 7, Peter D, a stakes winner on Tapeta during the Fall Meet, returns to turf in a 1 1/16-mile starter optional claiming allowance. Steel City Dude and Demogorgon also move to turf following solid showings on Tapeta. Wicked Fast is slated to make his first start off the claim for trainer Jorge Abreu, looking to duplicate winning effort in a $50,000 maiden claimer at Belmont in November.

The sequence concludes with a 1 1/16-mile optional claiming allowance on turf, headed by Timmy M, a winner at this level in an off-the-turf event, and Farm Boy, a winner over the Gulfstream turf who is coming off a pair of placings in starter allowances at Tampa Bay.

Who's Hot: Edwin Gonzalez swept the last three races on Thursday's card aboard Souper All Star ($10.20) in Race 7, Bramble Berry ($7) in Race 8 and Alado ($9.80) in Race 9.

Tyler Gaffalione doubled aboard New York Style ($17.80) in Race 2 and Grainger County ($6) in Race 6.

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Mandatory Payout On Sunday For Santa Anita’s Rainbow Pick 6

With the likelihood of a $5 million pool, Santa Anita's popular 20 cent Single Ticket Rainbow Pick 6 Jackpot will offer players a mandatory payout on Sunday, Feb. 20. First post time for the Arcadia, Calif., track's nine-race card is at 12:30 p.m. PT and Sunday's main event is the Grade 3, $100,000 San Simeon Stakes for older horses at about 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf course.

There is a Single Ticket Jackpot carryover into Friday of $592,337 and providing there is no Single Ticket winner on Friday or Saturday, track officials project Sunday's total Rainbow Six pool will exceed the $5 million mark.

With nine races carded on Sunday, approximate post time for race four, the beginning of the Rainbow Six, is 2:05 p.m. PT.

With the San Simeon slotted as race eight, a total of 52 horses have been entered in races four through nine, creating average Rainbow Six field size on Sunday of 8.6 runners per race.

For Sunday's entries and additional information, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.

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TIF: Oklahoma Becomes First State To Adopt Category 1 Interference Rules

The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission (OHRC) became the first in North America to adopt a rule which emulates the globally-recognized Category 1 interference philosophy after agreeing to amend its rules at its meeting on Thursday, February 17 in Oklahoma City.

“This is a tremendous first step for North American racing jurisdictions to begin the process of harmonizing rules governing interference and improving the overall experience for racing's primary customers – the bettors,” said Patrick Cummings, Executive Director of the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation.

“What we have in North America is a patchwork quilt of various rules which often place total equity above consistency and logic in determining which infractions warrant a demotion. It is always toughest to be the first, so I commend the OHRC for taking that step and I anticipate several others will follow in the near future.”

The amended rule changes the consideration of stewards when determining interference. The exact wording of the amended rule is below:

“If the Stewards determine a Horse or its rider has caused an interference and finished in front of the Horse it interfered with, and if not for the interference the Horse would have finished behind the horse it interfered with, the interfering Horse shall be placed immediately behind the Horse with which it interfered. If the interference is a result of dangerous riding, the Stewards shall place the interfering horse in last place.”

Should interference be the result of dangerous riding, the OHRC's rule empowers stewards to demote the interfering horse to last, regardless of where the sufferer of the interference finished. This addition to the rule, within the scope of the international Category 1 philosophy, was adopted to discourage jockeys from employing a “win-at-any-cost” approach.

“'Dangerous riding' means a rider causes a serious infraction by: (A) purposely interference with another horse or rider; or (B) riding in a way which is far below that of a competent and careful rider and where it would be obvious to a competent and careful rider that riding in that way would likely endanger the safety of another horse or rider.”

The rule amendment was proposed in November 2021 and after a public comment period, was passed unanimously by the Commission's Rules Committee. Racing in the state occurs across three tracks – Fair Meadows, Remington Park and Will Rogers Downs.

Under the state's procedure, amended rules are usually implemented in September.

The Thoroughbred Idea Foundation has advocated for North American jurisdictions to consider shifting to the Category 1 philosophy since publication of its November 2018 white paper “Changing The Rules.”

“In some states a relatively harmless bump a mile from the finish could lead to the demotion of a 15-length winner because the stewards believed a horse that finished ninth could have been eighth. Racing's betting customers and owners have suffered from the injustices imposed by such rules and the inconsistent application of them for years,” said Cummings.

“Oklahoma is leading the way towards a better future for racing participants and customers by becoming the first jurisdiction to adopt a rule that embraces the Category 1 philosophy. We fully expect their lead will be followed by others in the months and years to come.”

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), regulators of racing in the Canadian province, conducted a stakeholder consultation period on adopting Category 1 rules in early 2020, but the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to any action and it has yet to be revisited.

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