Horse Racing: $75.3 million bet sets all-time high,107,000 attend Ky Oaks, THORPEDO ANNA wires the field; 150th Kentucky Derby card begins 10:30 am ET

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

well that sucked. the two favorites.

i should have targeted the other races on the card instead.

 

[GKJ]

At least with 14 runners, even a chalk exacta pays out a little bit

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Torpedo Anna wins the Kentucky Oats.

Oaks WHICH almost turned into a mudbath.... but luckily the weather held off congrats to those connections

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

107,000 attend Ky. Oaks card.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

I have enough trouble picking one...

I have an Oaks-Derby Double existing. I played 3-5-8-11/3-17-19. Not much value, if any, unless the 19 can pull it off.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Friday, May 3, 2024

• Steve Asmussen, and his massive stable, is just 22 1-3-2 this month. Looking at his stable on major race days and Saturdays is almost a requirement as the winningest conditioner in history.

Belmont at Big A (New York):

• Eric Cancel rode three winners.
• Race 3: Royalty Interest (Eric Cancel/Chad Brown) was the longest shot on the board yet won the $200,000 Grade 3 Sheepshead Bay Stakes.
• Race 8: Messier (Jose Gomez/Richie Dutrow) won the Grade 3 $175,000 Westchester Stakes. Post Time (Sheldon Russell/Brittany Russell) placed and now has a lifetime mark of 10 8-1-1.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Attendance: 107,236.
• Handle: Roughly $75 million. Churchill usually doesn't release precise figures through Equibase. UPDATE: A new record at $73 million.

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• Card: 13 races of which each was $100,000+ and two $1 million or more. The card had seven graded stakes which included a pair of Grade 1, three Grade 2 and two Grade 3.
• Brad Cox trained three winners including both Grade 1 races.
• Flavien Prat (10 1-0-0) and Tyler Gaffalione (12 1-1-2) rode the final two winners. The duo, among America's many elite riders, had zero victories combined heading into the 12th race.
• Race 1: Sundance Feature (Luis Saez/Tom Drury) won a $120,000 MSW by more than 12 lengths. The 3-year-old daughter to Speightstown was out for the second time.
• Race 5: Idiomatic (Florent Geroux/Cox) won the Grade 1 $1 million La Troienne Stakes.

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• Race 6: Ova Charged (Florent Geroux/Shane Wilson) won a 3-way humdinger to win the Grade 3 $400,000 Unbridled Sidney Stakes.

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• Race 9: The $1 Super High Five paid over $272,000. If your numbers are 11-1-6-9-8, go collect it is the whole pool!
• Race 11: Thorpedo Anna (Brian Hernandez. Jr./Kenny McPeek) won the Grade 1 $1.5 million 150th Kentucky Oaks. She opened it up in the stretch to win by more than four lengths. Anna is 5 4-1-0 lifetime.

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Oaklawn (Arkansas):

• Handle: $7.1 million.
• Race 11: The $.50 Pick 5 returned more than $71,000.
• Race 10: One of the most staggering payouts of the year: The $.10 super returned more than $15,000. There was $95,000 in the pool which means multiple winners somehow had 37-to-1, 19-1, 18-1 and 24-1.
• Race 6: A 74-to-1 shot placed while the even-money favorite finished well behind the field.

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Advance wagering Oaks-Derby double prices as of last check:

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

SATURDAY, MAY 4

• Kentucky Derby (Saturday) broadcast information is posted below. That is in addition to the traditional methods on FanDuel (TVG) and through simulcast parlors.
• Saturday's card is posted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Platform(s)
Sat., May 4	Noon	Kentucky Derby Prep races	USA Network, Peacock
2:30 p.m.	150th Kentucky Derby	NBC, Peacock

Much is made about post positions in Kentucky Derby history but some of that data is misleading. There are higher numbers that have not been established as much as inside posts. Sierra Leone (2) and Fierceness (17) are vying for race-time favorite status yet are in historically bad posts.

• Number 1: Ferdinand in 1986 will be mentioned as the most recent #1 winner.
• Number 2: Often overlooked is the #2 has not produced a winner since Affirmed -- arguably the greatest Florida-bred of them all -- in 1978.
• Number 5: The winningest post with 10 wins.
• Number 6: The abysmal plight of #6 (2 wins in 94 starts).
• Number 9: 4 wins in 90 starts has been dormant from the winner's circle since Riva Ridge in 1972.
• Number 17: This year's favorite is entering from the #17 which is the only number not to win (44 starts) from 1 through 20.

#	Horse	A/S	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer
1	Dornoch (KY)	3/C	L Saez	126	D Gargan
2	Sierra Leone (KY)	3/C	T Gaffalione	126	C C Brown
3	Mystik Dan (KY)	3/C	B J Hernandez, Jr.	126	K G McPeek
4	Catching Freedom (KY)	3/C	F Prat	126	B H Cox
5	Catalytic (KY)	3/C	J L Ortiz	126	S A Joseph, Jr.
6	Just Steel (KY)	3/C	K J Asmussen	126	D W Lukas
7	Honor Marie (KY)	3/C	B Curtis	126	D Beckman
8	Just a Touch (KY)	3/C	F Geroux	126	B H Cox
10	T O Password (JPN)	3/C	K Kimura	126	D Takayanagi
11	Forever Young (JPN)	3/C	R Sakai	126	Y Yahagi
12	Track Phantom (KY)	3/C	J Rosario	126	S M Asmussen
13	West Saratoga (KY)	3/C	J L Castanon	126	L W Demeritte
14	Endlessly (KY)	3/C	U Rispoli	126	M W McCarthy
15	Domestic Product (KY)	3/C	I Ortiz, Jr.	126	C C Brown
16	Grand Mo the First (KY)	3/C	E Jaramillo	126	V Barboza, Jr.
17	Fierceness (KY)	3/C	J R Velazquez	126	T A Pletcher
18	Stronghold (KY)	3/C	A Fresu	126	P D'Amato
19	Resilience (KY)	3/C	J Alvarado	126	W I Mott
20	Society Man (KY)	3/G	L Dettori	126	D Gargan
21	Epic Ride (KY) (AE)	3/C	A Beschizza	126	J Ennis

Owners: 1 - West Paces Racing (Larry Connolly), R. A. Hill Stable (Raymond A. Hill, III), Belmar Racing and Breeding, LLC (Vito Cucci), Two Eight Racing (Jayson Werth) and Pine Racing Stables (Mark Pine) ; 2 - Peter M. Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg Limited (Michael Kuessner) and Brook T. Smith ; 3 - 4 G Racing, LLC (Brent Gasaway), Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, III and Valley View Farm, LLC (Scott Hamby) ; 4 - Albaugh Family Stables, LLC (Dennis Albaugh) ; 5 - Tami Bobo, Julie Davies and George G. Isaacs ; 6 - BC Stables, LLC (John Bellinger and Brian Coelho) ; 7 - Ribble Farms, LLC (Alan Ribble), Michael H. Eiserman, Earl I. Silver, Kenneth E. Fishbein and David Fishbein ; 8 - Qatar Racing, LLC (Sheikh Fahad Al Thani), Resolute Racing (John Stewart) and Marc Detampel ; 9 - Godolphin, LLC (Mohammed Al Maktoum, et al.) ; 10 - Tomoya Ozasa ; 11 - Susumu Fujita ; 12 - L and N Racing, LLC (Lee Levinson), Clark O. Brewster, Jerry Caroom and Breeze Easy, LLC (Mike Hall) ; 13 - Harry L. Veruchi ; 14 - Amerman Racing Stables, LLC (Mr. and Mrs. John Amerman) ; 15 - Klaravich Stables, Inc. (Seth Klarman) ; 16 - Granpollo Stables, LLC (David Geofroy) ; 17 - Repole Stable (Mike Repole) ; 18 - Sharon and Rick Waller ; 19 - Emily Bushnell and Ric Waldman ; 20 - Reeves Thoroughbred Racing (Dean Reeves), West Paces Racing, LLC (Larry Connolly), GMP Stables, LLC (Anthony Melfi), and Carl F. and Yurie Pascarella ; 21 - Welch Racing, LLC (George Hough) ; 22 - Average Joe Racing Stables, Ltd. (Christopher T. Britton) and Dan Wells
Breeders: 1 - Grandview Equine; 2 - Debby M. Oxley; 3 - Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby & 4GRacing, LLC; 4 - WinStar Farm, LLC; 5 - Fred W. Hertrich III; 6 - Summerhill Farm; 7 - Royce Pulliam; 8 - Don Alberto Corporation; 9 - Godolphin; 10 - Yanagawa Bokujo; 11 - Northern Racing; 12 - Breeze Easy, LLC; 13 - Two Hearts Farm II LLC; 14 - Mrs. Jerry Amerman; 15 - Klaravich Stables; 16 - John D. Gunther; 17 - Repole Stable, Inc.; 18 - Eric Waller & Sharon Waller; 19 - Pam & Martin Wygod; 20 - SF Bloodstock LLC; 21 - Fred W. Hertrich III; 22 - JSM Equine, LLC
Pedigrees (Sire - Dam, by Dam Sire): 1 - Good Magic - Puca , by Big Brown ; 2 - Gun Runner - Heavenly Love , by Malibu Moon ; 3 - Goldencents - Ma'am , by Colonel John ; 4 - Constitution - Catch My Drift , by Pioneerof the Nile ; 5 - Catalina Cruiser - One Show Only , by Distorted Humor ; 6 - Justify - Irish Lights (AUS) , by Fastnet Rock (AUS) ; 7 - Honor Code - Dame Marie , by Smart Strike ; 8 - Justify - Touching Beauty , by Tapit ; 9 - Nyquist - Glittering Jewel , by Bernardini ; 10 - Copano Rickey (JPN) - T O Rachel (JPN) , by King Kamehameha (JPN) ; 11 - Real Steel (JPN) - Forever Darling , by Congrats ; 12 - Quality Road - Miss Sunset , by Into Mischief ; 13 - Exaggerator - Mo Wicked , by Uncle Mo ; 14 - Oscar Performance - Dream Fuhrever , by Langfuhr ; 15 - Practical Joke - Goods and Services , by Paynter ; 16 - Uncle Mo - Lilies So Fair , by Giant's Causeway ; 17 - City of Light - Nonna Bella , by Stay Thirsty ; 18 - Ghostzapper - Spectator , by Jimmy Creed ; 19 - Into Mischief - Meadowsweet , by Smart Strike ; 20 - Good Magic - You Cheated , by Colonel John ; 21 - Blame - Pick a Time , by Gio Ponti ; 22 - Blofeld - Union Way , by Union Rags ;

Saturday's card:

Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$120,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 F	Dirt	8	10:30 AM ET
2	$134,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 M	Dirt	11	11:01 AM ET
3	$127,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 1/16 M	Dirt	11	11:31 AM ET
4	$200,000	Knicks Go Overnight S. presented by L&N Federal Credit Union	1 M	Dirt	11	12:04 PM ET
5	$600,000	Twin Spires Turf Sprint S. presented by Sentient Jet	5 1/2 F	Turf	17	12:36 PM ET
6	$1,000,000	Derby City Distaff S. presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery	7 F	Dirt	10	1:14 PM ET
7	$750,000	Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile S.	1 M	Turf	12	1:56 PM ET
8	$600,000	Pat Day Mile S. presented by SAP	1 M	Dirt	12	2:46 PM ET
9	$600,000	American Turf S. presented by TwinSpires	1 1/16 M	Turf	17	3:40 PM ET
10	$1,000,000	Churchill Downs S. presented by Ford	7 F	Dirt	11	4:31 PM ET
11	$1,000,000	Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic S.	1 1/8 M	Turf	11	5:27 PM ET
12	$5,000,000	Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve	1 1/4 M	Dirt	22	6:57 PM ET
13	$127,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	7 F	Dirt	16	8:00 PM ET
14	$120,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 M	Dirt	12	8:35 PM ET

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]