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All-Stakes Cross Country Pick 5 Pays $803

Saturday's all-stakes Cross Country Pick 5 featuring action from Belmont Park in Elmont, Ny., Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., and Thistledown in North Randall, Oh. paid $803.25 for selecting all five winners for the 50-cent wager. The total pool was $206,425.

Graded stakes action commenced the sequence when Double Thunder, at 4-1, won the Grade 3, $150,000 Bashford Manor for juveniles going six furlongs on the main track in Churchill's Race 9. The Hall of Fame duo of trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez teamed for another score, as Double Thunder posted a 4 3/4-length victory and paid $10.20 on a $2 win wager. Pletcher saw his charge complete the course in a final time of 1:11.17.

Thistledown took center stage in the second leg as the favorite Masqueparade bested King Fury by a half-length to win the $500,000 Grade 3 Ohio Derby for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles on the main track in Race 9. Trainer Al Stall, Jr. won the prestigious race with Masqueparade, under rider Miguel Mena, hit the wire in 1:50.82. The winner paid $6.40.

Belmont Park got in on the act in Race 9 when Runaway Rumour made a furious late bid from the outside before finishing strong in a half-length victory in the $100,000 Wild Applause Stakes for 3-year-old fillies going one mile on the Widener turf course. Jockey Luis Cardenas earned his first career stakes win, with the Jorge Abreu trainee paying $29. Runaway Rumour improved to 3-for-3 in her career, completing the course in 1:34.25.

Churchill Downs hosted the last two legs, starting with Set Piece's half-length win in the $300,000 Grade 2 Wise Dan Stakes for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/16 miles on the turf in Race 10. Set Piece, trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Florent Geroux, returned $5.40 as the favorite. Set Piece, who was last-of-10 a half-mile in, rallied to post a final time of 1:40.50.

Maxfield, another favorite, concluded the sequence with a 3 1/4-length win in the $600,000 Grade 2 Stephen Foster in Race 11. Conditioned by Brendan Walsh with jockey Jose Ortiz shipping in to ride at Churchill for the day, Maxfield tracked in sixth position on the backstretch in the 1 1/8-mile race on the dirt before having plenty in reserve for the stretch run, registering a final time of 1:48.53. Maxfield paid $2.80.

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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Historically Earns First Stakes Win in Cleveland Gold Cup at Thistledown

Historically picked up his first stakes win by scoring a commanding victory in Saturday's $75,000 Daniel Stearns Cleveland Gold Cup at Jack Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio.

The brown gelding, a son of Carpe Diem – Delitefully Wild, by Offlee Wild, bested eight rivals to capture the one and one eighth mile contest in 1:53.68 over the Cleveland dirt. It was the 53rd running of the stake for 3-year-old Ohio-registered foals.

Ridden to victory by Luis Saez and trained by Tim Hamm for WinStar Farm and Blazing Meadows Farm, Historically upped his career earnings to $102,265 and now has three wins, two seconds and one third in ten starts.

To Win, a 45-1 longshot, finished an impressive second for Fernando Becerra, while 5-1 Uptown raced well to be third for rider Jose Bracho, with the 1-1 crowd favorite Buckeye Magic finishing fourth with John McKee in the irons.

Historically paid $14.80, $6.40, and $8.40. Second-place To Win paid $27.80 and $21.60. Uptown paid $7.20 to show.

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King Fury Resurfaces In Ohio Derby, Facing Promise Keeper, Nine Others

Todd Pletcher-trained Promise Keeper, winner of the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park last out, faces of field of 10 other 3-year-olds including graded stakes winners King Fury and Keepmeinmind in Saturday's Grade 3 Ohio Derby at JACK Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio. The Ohio Derby, a 1 1/8-mile fixture first run in 1876, offers a $500,000 purse, with $300,000 going to the winner.

A Constitution colt out of a mare by Curlin, Promise Keeper was picking up his third career victory in five starts – all in 2021 – while winning the Peter Pan by 2 ¼ lengths over Nova Rags. Prior that initial stakes win, Promise Keeper romped to a 5 ½-length allowance victory at Keeneland on April 8 going 1 1/8 miles. He's been ridden in all of his starts by Luis Saez, who will be aboard and break from the No. 1 post on Saturday. Promise Keeper races for Woodford Thoroughbreds, Win Star Farm and Rock Ridge Racing.

Keepmeinmind recorded his only lifetime win in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs last year for trainer Robertino Diodoro after finishing second in the G1 Breeders' Futurity and third in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, both at Keeneland. This year the Laoban colt has failed to hit the top three in four stakes, including a seventh-place finish in the G1 Kentucky Derby and a fourth in the G1 Preakness in his last out on May 15.

Diodoro is adding blinkers to the colt's equipment for his ninth career start in the Ohio Derby. David Cohen has been aboard Keepmeinmind for all of his starts and is back aboard on Saturday. He races for Cypress Creek Equine, Arnold Bennewith and Spendthrift Farm and will break from the No. 8 post

Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm's King Fury has finished behind Keepmeinmind in three races – the Breeders' Futurity, Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes – but the Curlin colt trained by Kenny McPeek put it all together in his 2021 debut, winning the G3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland on April 10 by 2 ¾ lengths and earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 96. King Fury was entered in the Kentucky Derby on May 1 but McPeek was forced to withdraw him when he came up with a fever.

King Fury returned to the work tab at Churchill Downs three weeks after the Derby, going a half-mile in :47.60 on May 22, and he's had a series of four works since then, including a quick five-furlong breeze in :58.60 on June 12.

“It took him a while to come around. He was pretty clogged up,” said McPeek. “I sent him to my farm for about 10 days. He had a chest full of congestion, but he's locked and loaded now. He's doing really well, but he's a horse that needs some pace in front of him.”

Corey Lanerie rides King Fury, who will break from the four post.

Godolphin homebred Proxy finished fourth behind King Fury in the Lexington but showed flashes of talent over the winter at Fair Grounds, finishing second in the G3 Lecomte (behind Midnight Bourbon) and G2 Risen Star (behind Mandaloun). He then ran fourth behind Hot Rod Charlie in the G2 Louisiana Derby. Trainer Michael Stidham tried blinkers in the Tapit colt's last two starts, but is removing them for the Ohio Derby. Joe Bravo will be aboard for the first time on Saturday and they will break from post nine.

Two horses who will be making their stakes debuts but have recorded impressive allowance victories are Masqueparade for trainer Al Stall and Ethical Judgment for Brendan Walsh.

Masqueparade, who earned his maiden diploma via disqualification at Fair Grounds on March 20, comes off an 11 ¾-length allowance victory at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day, May 1. Ridden by Miguel Mena, the Upstart colt pressed the pace and drew off impressively in the stretch, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 97. Mena rides back in the Ohio Derby, breaking from the 10 post.

Ethical Judgment also exits an allowance score at Churchill Downs, winning on May 9 by 3 ½ lengths in the slop in a race originally scheduled on turf. It was the Honor Code colt's second win from four starts, with two seconds. Martin Garcia will be aboard and break from the five post.

The complete field from the rail out: Promise Keeper, Luis Saez; Falcons Fury, Edgar Paucar; Hozier, Chris Landeros; King Fury, Corey Lanerie; Ethical Judgment, Martin Garcia; Hello Hot Rod, Francisco Arrieta; The Reds, Dylan Davis; Keepmeinmind, David Cohen; Proxy, Joe Bravo; Masqueparade, Miguel Mena; and Channel Fury, Luis Rivera.

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JACK Thistledown Boosts Purses 10 Percent For Meet Beginning April 26

The excitement of live Thoroughbred racing returns to JACK Thistledown Racino Monday, April 26, opening a 100-day meet that extends through Oct. 14.

JACK Thistledown will card eight races Monday through Thursday with post time at 12:50 p.m. The season will also feature special Saturday race day cards, beginning with live racing on Saturday, May 1 ahead of the famed Kentucky Derby. In addition to the exciting racing action, this year's races will offer a 10 percent increase in the track's purses in hopes of attracting top class competition.

“We are excited to get back to our full slate of racing,” said Director of Racing Patrick Ellsworth. “We worked closely with the Ohio State Racing Commission and the Horsemen's group last season to establish safe protocols that allowed us to race a shortened season. I'm very proud of our trainers, jockeys, and barn area personnel, along with our team here at JACK Thistledown, for doing their part to keep the show going. Now it's time to look ahead to the 2021 season.”

The centerpiece of the meet is the 87th running of the Grade 3 $500,000 Ohio Derby on June 26. The Ohio Derby has the distinction of being the only graded stakes race in the State of Ohio. Coming off the success of last year's participation in the Road to the Kentucky Derby as well as seeing its largest filed since 1999, this year's derby day will feature a total of $1 million in purse money.

Ohio Derby Day will also feature the return of the Lady Jacqueline Stakes, an open race for fillies and mares that boasts a purse of $250,000 and expects to attract the top older fillies & mares in the Country.

“With the return of the Lady Jacqueline, the success of Last year's Ohio Derby and the increase in purses this year, we fully anticipate a banner year for racing at Jack Thistledown Racino,” said Hugh Alan Drexler, racing secretary for JACK Thistledown Racino.

Doors open to the racing floor and track apron at 11:30 a.m. Admission to the races and parking are free. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. The minimum age for wagering on horse races in Ohio is 18.

More information is available at jackentertainment.com/thistledown/racing.

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