Horse Racing: 2020 conclusion: $323,000 (Santa Anita) and $106,000 (Aqueduct) Pick 6 hit on New Year's Eve

[GKJ]

Randy Moss with better reasoning on Tiz the Law than Jerry Bailey. 4 weeks should be the perfect amount of time to have a horse ready for a race he was pointing to

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Baffert is like the New York Yankees or Dallas Cowboys of horse racing. My hatred of him is more Jealously then anything else.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

am hearing Thousand Words was cleared medically and will be @ Pimlico in October

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

am hearing Thousand Words was cleared medically and will be @ Pimlico in October

A horse that won the Manitoba Derby near Winnipeg could be in that race. I am not sure if an Assiniboia runner has ever been in the Preakness.

 

[GKJ]

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Saturday, September 5, 2020 (part 1 of 2)

• Steve Asmussen is 15 wins shy of 9,000 in his career. Only one trainer has more victories.
• Todd Pletcher is 31 wins away from 5,000 in his career. He has the eighth most wins.

Saratoga (New York):

• Handle: About $23 million. Total handle is roughly $600+ million with two days to go. Eventually the official total will be released.
• Junior Alvarado snapped a 40-race losing streak and won three times today.
• Race 4: Civil Union (Joel Rosario/Shug McGaughey) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Glens Falls Stakes.
• Race 9: Mystic Guide (Jose Ortiz/Michael Stidham) won the Grade 2 $150,000 Jim Dandy Stakes.
• Race 10: Frank's Rockette (Junior Alvarado/Bill Mott) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Prioress Stakes. The 3-year-old filly is 9 5-4-0: 1st or 2nd in every race.
• Race 11: Global Campaign (Luis Saez/Stanley Hough) won the $500,000 Grade I Woodward Handicap. The 4-year-old is 9 6-0-1. The trainer, who is in the Calder Hall of Fame in south Florida, won for the first time in his first attempt this meet.

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• Jockeys' standings: Irad Ortiz, Jr. is +2 over his brother Jose.
• Trainers' standings: Todd Pletcher is +3 over Chad Brown.

Monmouth (New Jersey):

• Race 5: Analyze it (Joe Bravo/Chad Brown) won the $150,000 Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Race 11: Cool Arrow (Leonel Reyes/Teresa Pompey) won the $100,000 Grade 3 Smile Sprint Stakes.

Del Mar (California):

• Handle: Roughly $22 million.
• Race 11: The $.20 Pick 6 paid over $57,000.
• Race 10: Raymundos (Flavien Prat/Phil D'Amato) won the Grade 2 $150,000 John C. Mabee Stakes.
• Flavien Prat rode the card and finished with four wins on 11 mounts. He has a 1-win lead over Umberto Rispoli, winless with nine mounts, atop the riders' standings.
• Abel Cedillo rode the card and ended with three wins in 11 races.
• Closing day: Monday. Two days to go.

Woodbine (Ontario):

• Handle: Over $6.5 million bet.
• Race 9: Pink Lloyd (Rafael Hernandez/Robert Tiller) -- aka the Canadian Sensation -- improved to 31 26-1-1 and has earned over $1.6 million after winning the $125,000 Grade 3 Vigil Stakes. He has won this race four straight years. Pink Lloyd has won 10 straight races since last losing in October 2018.

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Kempton Park (England):

• Enable (Frankie Dettori/John Gosden) won 15 of her 18 lifetime starts and has earnings over $14 million ($U.S). The 6-year-old mare won the Grade 3 Unibet September Stakes and has won 14 of her past 16 starts.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Saturday, September 5, 2020 (part 2 of 2)

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Card: Approximately $7 million in purses. The 146th Kentucky Derby was the feature.
• Handle: Over $126 million bet on the card including $79 million on the race. without any attendance, the races this year were down almost half from 2019.
• Kentucky Derby: Following scratches, the field was limited to 15 runners which was the smallest field since 1998.
• Kentucky Oaks-Derby Double: With the chalk failing in both races, the $1 double returned $161.10.
• Double winners: Tyler Gaffalione, Javier Castellano and Corey Lanerie each rode two winners while Brad Cox was the sole trainer to win twice.
• Race 1: Bourbon Resolution (Julien Leparoux/Ian Wilkes) won the opener.
• Race 2: Kadri (Gabriel Saez/Larry Jones), in his second career start, won.
• Race 3: One Nation (Tyler Gaffalione/Robbie Medina) broke his maiden in his sixth try and gave the trainer, a former assistant to Shug McGaughey, his first career victory.
• Race 4: Essential Quality (Shaun Bridgmohan/Brad Cox) debuted to victory in a $97,000 maiden special weight. The 2-year-old Tapit colt was purchased in a private sale by Godolphin.
• Race 5: On a Spree (Tyler Gaffalione/Michael Maker) won to improve to 8 4-3-1 in 2020.
• Rave 6: Sir Albert James (Colby Hernandez/Albert Stall) won.
• Race 7: Aurelius Maximus (Ricardo Santana, Jr./Steve Asmussen) won. The colt was recently trained by Chad Brown.
• Race 8: Fancy Liquor (Florent Geroux/Michael Maker) won the $500,000 Grade 2 American Turf Stakes.
• Race 9: Rushie (Javier Castellano/Michael McCarthy) won the $500,000 Grade 2 Pat Day Mile.
• Race 10: Sittin On Go (Corey Lanerie/Dale Romans) won the Grade 3 $200,000 Iroquois Stakes and is 2-for-2 lifetime.
• Race 11: Beau Recall (Manny Franco/Brad Cox) won the Grade 2 $500,000 Churchill Distaff Turf.
• Race 12: Bell's the One (Corey Lanerie/Neil Pessin) gave the trainer his first Grade I victory in winning the Derby City Distaff Stakes. The finish was one of the closest of the day at any track.

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• Race 13: Digital Age (Javier Castellano/Chad Brown) won the $1,000,000 Grade I Turf Classic. The trainer had three run in the race.
• Race 14: Authentic (John Velazquez/Bob Baffert) wired the field to win the 146th running of the $3,000,000 Grade I Kentucky Derby. The time of 2:00.61 was the fastest since Monarchos in 2000. It was the rider's third Derby win and his 200th Grade I win. It was the trainer's record-tying (also Ben Jones) sixth Derby victory. Tiz the Law (Manny Franco/Barclay Tagg) was sent off the prohibitive favorite and closed gamely but was runner up. Mr. Big News (Gabriel Saez/Bret Calhoun) finished third at 46-to-1. The $2 exacta paid $41 with two of the three shortest prices finishing 1-2. For those who bet Futures, the first pool with Authentic paid over $3,000. The 7th and final pool paid $80.20 with Authentic.
• Other race 14 payouts:
  • The $.50 Pick 5 paid over $78,000.
  • The $.20 Pick 6 paid over $278,000.
  • The $1 Super High Five paid over $77,000.

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

What a rough day for Baffert even with the victory:

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

CONFIRMED For Pimlico;

Thousand Words;
Authentic

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Kentucky Downs will operate September 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 16. Average daily purses will be $2 million. Many serious handicappers have an affinity for this track's annual brief meet which is run on turf. It is a test of one's abilities to prognosticate the tremendous cards. Take out is low, which is profitable for the bettor, and big fields entice the consumers. The purses attract some of the biggest talents in North America.

Kentucky Downs is located in Franklin, Kentucky (Central Time Zone) about 45 miles north of Nashville, Tennessee.

MONDAY, SEPT. 7
Race #	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post CT
Race 1	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 1/2 Miles	Turf	13	12:10 PM
Race 2	$100,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	9	12:40 PM
Race 3	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 Mile	Turf	16	1:11 PM
Race 4	$35,000	Starter Allowance	1 Mile	Turf	16	1:42 PM
Race 5	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 Mile	Turf	16	2:14 PM
Race 6	$95,000	Allowance	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	16	2:49 PM
Race 7	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	16	3:23 PM
Race 8	$500,000	Mint Juvenile Fillies S.	1 Mile	Turf	14	3:55 PM
Race 9	$300,000	One Dreamer S.	1 Mile 70 Yards	Turf	16	4:28 PM
Race 10	$500,000	More Than Ready Juvenile S.	1 Mile	Turf	10	5:01 PM
Race 11	$750,000	Tourist Mile S.	1 Mile	Turf	12	5:32 PM

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9
Race #	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post CT
Race 1	$35,000	Starter Allowance	1 Mile	Turf	11	12:15 PM
Race 2	$38,000	Claiming	7 Furlongs	Turf	11	12:47 PM
Race 3	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	16	1:19 PM
Race 4	$95,000	Allowance	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	13	1:51 PM
Race 5	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 5/16 Miles	Turf	12	2:23 PM
Race 6	$100,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	12	2:55 PM
Race 7	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	13	3:27 PM
Race 8	$100,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 Mile	Turf	11	3:59 PM
Race 9	$300,000	Tapit S.	1 Mile 70 Yards	Turf	16	4:32 PM
Race 10	$95,000	Allowance	1 5/16 Miles	Turf	14	5:04 PM

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 10
Race #	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post CT
Race 1	$38,000	Claiming	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	11	12:15 PM
Race 2	$35,000	Starter Allowance	7 Furlongs	Turf	12	12:47 PM
Race 3	$45,000	Claiming	7 Furlongs	Turf	9	1:19 PM
Race 4	$100,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 Mile	Turf	10	1:51 PM
Race 5	$95,000	Allowance	1 Mile	Turf	14	2:23 PM
Race 6	$95,000	Allowance	1 Mile	Turf	13	2:55 PM
Race 7	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	12	3:27 PM
Race 8	$500,000	Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Oaks	1 5/16 Miles	Turf	15	3:59 PM
Race 9	$750,000	Gun Runner Dueling Grounds Derby	1 5/16 Miles	Turf	16	4:32 PM
Race 10	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	16	5:04 PM

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Saratoga (New York):

• Handle: Total handle today was over $22 million to bring the meet mark to roughly $630+ million entering tomorrow's finale.
  
• Race 6: So Gracious (Jose Lezcano/Brittany Russell) shocked the locals by winning at 35-to-1 and paid $73.50. The filly had two previous starts at Saratoga without success but was coming off a win at Laurel in which she broke her maiden in her eighth try. And the inquiry came and went. Russell, a former assistant to Brad Cox now based in Maryland and who is Sheldon Russell's wife, is 2-for-5 at the Spa. Not too shabby.

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• Race 9: Vequist (Luis Saez/Butchy Reid), a daughter to Nyquist, broke her maiden by winning the $250,000 Grade I Spinaway. The filly was purchased for $120,000 last year. She finished second at Parx with Frankie Pennington on board. The Philadelphia based trainer won with his first starter at the meet. The filly broke her maiden in a Grade I, not something that happens every day. Esplanade (Junior Alvarado/Timothy Hamm), the runner up, had three starts and won each as the favorite and all at Ohio tracks. The top two were overlooked by handicappers and the $1 exacta in a short field was $51.25.

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• Race 10: Come Dancing (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Carlos Martin) won the Grade 2 $150,000 Honorable Miss Handicap. The 6-year-old mare, winless this year, improved to 18 9-3-0.

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• Race 11: Battle Station (Kendrick Carmouche/Rob Atras) won the $85,000 Lucky Coin. The 5-year-old gelding was the only New York-bred and was the longest shot on the board.
• Ortiz brothers: The brothers put on a show with Jose winning the first three races and four total while Irad won twice.
• Riders' standings: Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Jose Ortiz are tied with 57 wins going into the finale. Should we be surprised? Jose won the 2019 title -- his third in the past four years -- with 60 wins clinching on the final day.
• Trainers' standings: Todd Pletcher has a 5-win lead over Chad Brown (31 to 26) entering the finale. Brown had a 20-win advantage in 2019 over Pletcher and won his third title in the past four years. Brown has five starters tomorrow and does not appear to be able to defend his title.
• Belmont Park: The fall meet runs September 18 - November 1. Aqueduct then commences.

Del Mar (California):

• Umberto Rispoli, winless with nine mounts yesterday, had four victories and now has a 1-win lead over Flavien Prat for the meet lead. The meet ends tomorrow.
• Handle: $12 million+.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Simulcast facilities remain the best option. Live tracks or its partners, the facilities, are unparalleled for the sport of racing.


Derby Most-Watched Sporting Event Since Super Bowl - BloodHorse

NBC Sports' presentation of the rescheduled 146th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) Sept. 5 ranked as the most-watched sporting event since Super Bowl LIV in February and the most-watched sporting event on Labor Day weekend since 2017, based on fast national data from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

The Triple Crown race averaged a preliminary total audience delivery of 8.4 million viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital. The TAD numbers aim to count views on linear broadcast and cable channels as well as mobile, tablets, and connected TVs. It also measures viewership across broadcast and cable TV, as well as social and digital media with the goal of delivering advertisers a single viewer.

In addition, 9.8 million viewers watched on NBC as Authentic crossed the finish line 1 1/4 lengths ahead of favorite Tiz the Law at Churchill Downs.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Monday, September 7, 2020 (Labor Day):

• Steve Asmussen is 13 wins shy of becoming the second trainer in history to record 9,000 career wins.
• Bill Mott was sensational today going 7 4-1-1 at two tracks (Saratoga and Laurel).
• Todd Pletcher is 24 wins shy of 5,000. He entered horses at three tracks and won at each.
• Chad Brown entered horses at three tracks and won at each. In addition to victories in Kentucky, Maryland and New York, he won yesterday in New Jersey.
• South Florida Update: I have been told that Gulfstream Park West (nee Calder) is expected to run this year in its final season. The commitment between Gulfstream and Churchill Downs was to expire following this year's meet but there will be no cancellations or modifications based on the virus or other issues. The fall meet usually ends around Thanksgiving. GPW gives Gulfstream a respite in order to maintain track courses. What happens after this year is anyone's guess. If Gulfstream increases its meet (maybe 3 days a week during the fall), shuts down for those weeks (unlikely) or goes elsewhere (Hialeah -- a pipe dream perhaps) is unknown.

Saratoga (New York):

• Closing day, total handle for the meet: $27,000,000+ bet today. The total for the annual 40-day meet was $702,535,468 which is the second highest total in track history.
• On deck: Belmont opens September 18.
• Card: 14 races.
• Race 13: Jackie's Warrior (Joel Rosario/Steve Asmussen) romped in the $250,000 Grade I Hopeful Stakes. The colt is 3-for-3 lifetime and 2-for-2 at the Spa. Follow this boy. He looked sharp. He did 7 furlongs on dirt in 1:21.29 which was 49 seconds off the track record, again in just his third start. Among prior winners of the Hopeful, which was inaugurated in 1904, are Afleet Alex, Favorite Trick, Dehere, Gulch, Timely Writer, Affirmed, Secretariat, Buckpasser, Nashua and Native Dancer. This list is lengthy.

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• Riding champ: Irad Ortiz, Jr. with 59 wins defeated his brother Jose who had 58 wins. Both riders were 21% and Irad earned slightly more at $4.4 million.
• Trainers' title: Todd Pletcher won the title with 32 victories. The man reclaimed his throne. Last year's winner was Chad Brown who dominated with 41 wins to Pletcher's runnerup total of 21. Pletcher did not have a good day at 13 1-1-3 but the championship must have been rewarding.
• Bill Mott had a 3-win day.
• Junior Alvarado: Maybe I lit a virtual firecracker in his direction the other by mentioning he had lost 40 straight races. Since then, he won seven times including three races today to close the meet with seven victories in the last three days. He finished with the eighth most wins at the meet. Oh, and maybe most significantly, he was held up after an inquiry-objection placed by Irad Ortiz, Jr.; Joel Rosario would have been put up. Again, Junior Alvarado got the benefit of a doubt...at New York. Alert the authorities. Color me shocked. Junior isn't Paco Lopez but he doesn't get too many breaks.

Monmouth (New Jersey):

• Handle: $2.5 million.
• Joe Bravo won three times. Jersey Joe is tied for third in the meet in victories.
• Race 4: A 40-to-1 bomber was DQ'd from victory. Otherwise, the top three would have been 40-to-1, 21-1 and 23-1.

Parx (Pennsylvania):

• Handle: $1.5 million with an attractive card.

Delaware Park (Delaware):

• Alexander Crispin won three times. He maintains a 5-pound bug.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Card: A strong card with powerful connections represented. Five races held purses of $100,000.
• Handle: $2 million.
  
• Trainers: Bill Mott, Todd Pletcher and Shug McGaughey, all members of the National Hall of Fame, and Chad Brown, who will eventually be elected, all won today.
• Race 9: Grand Cru Classe (Julian Pimentel/Bill Mott) won the $100,000 race which offered an automatic invitation to the Black-Eyed Susan. The filly is 3-for-3 and had won at Gulfstream and Belmont.
• Race 7: Happy Saver (Trevor McCarthy/Todd Pletcher) won the $100,000 Federico Tesio and with it received an invitation to the Preakness Stakes. The colt is 3-f0r-3 lifetime and had won under Irad Ortiz, Jr. previously at Belmont and Saratoga.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Edgar Prado won twice which doesn't happen often these days. He is the 8th winningest rider in North America annals with 7.075 wins.

Kentucky Downs (Kentucky):

• Opening day: The unique track in the U.S. has been compared with those in Europe.
• Meet: Six days and $16,000,000 in purses.
• Handle: Over $7.8 million bet for the opener.
• Handicapping: Good luck!
• Tyler Gaffalione got off to a quick start with three victories.
• Chad Brown and Brad Cox each trained two winners.
• Race 1: Mud Pie (Julien Leparoux/Rusty Arnold) won as the favorite.
• Race 2: Holiday Stone (Tyler Gaffalione/Eddie Kenneally) won at 10-to-1.
• Race 3: Fluffy Socks (Tyler Gaffalione/Chad Brown), a 2-year-old filly, won at 7-to-2.
• Race 4: Strut the Ring (Shaun Bridgmohan/Matt Shirer) won at 7-to-2.
• Race 5: Royal Prince (Shaun Bridgmohan/Brad Cox), a 2-year-old colt, won. The race was declared a no contest when multiple starters were left in the gate (no pay outs).
• Race 6: Secure Connections (Julien Leparoux/Shug McGaughey) won at 10-to-1.
• Race 7: More Than Usual (Florent Geroux/Brad Cox) won at 7-to-2.
• Race 8: Plum Ali (Tyler Gaffalione/Christophe Clement) won the $500,000 Mint Juvenile Fillies as the favorite. The filly was purchased for just $65,000 and has already earned $331,000.
• Race 9: Dalika (Miguel Mena/Albert Stall) won the $300,000 race at 6-to-1. German-breds finished 1-2.
• Race 10: Barrister Tom (Tyler Baze/Michael Ann Ewing) won the $500,000 More Than Ready Juvenile at 44-to-1 and paid $90.00. The trainer has just 60 lifetime wins but that has to be her biggest victory ever.

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• Race 11: Flavius (Javier Castellano/Chad Brown) won the $750,000 Tourist Mile at 4-to-1. Flavius completed the win with a track record time for the mile on turf in 1:32.21 easily defeating the prior mark of 1:35.00.

https://twitter.com/WorldRacing1/status/1303105635010121730​

Prairie Meadows (Iowa):

• Race 3: Quarterhorses come from states that often times don't produce many T-bred runners. In this race, QH were foaled in North Dakota, Nebraska and Alabama.

Ruidoso Downs (New Mexico):

• Race 10: Whistle Stop Cafe (Ricky Ramirez/Blane Wood) won the Grade I $3,000,000 All-American Quarter Horse Futurityin the closing day at the track.

Del Mar (California):

• Closing day, total handle for the meet: $466.6 million, including $15.6 million today, was wagered during the 27-day meet. The total handle is an increase of $34.7 million compared to the $431.98 million wagered during the 2019 summer meet.
• On deck: Santa Anita opens September 19.
  
• Top rider: Flavien Prat, with two victories, overtook Umberto Rispoli, to claim the riders' title by one victory (50 to 49). Rispoli, in less than a year into his first attempt to ride in America, was outstanding throughout the meet.
• Top trainer: Peter Miller won comfortably with 28 wins.
• Who produced? Tarantino won. Spielberg did not.
• Race 3: Tarantino (Tiago Pereira/Bob Baffert), a $610,000 purchase, won his debut.
• Race 10: Dr. Schivel (Flavien Prat/Luis Mendez) won the Grade I $250,000 Del Mar Futurity and once again defeated Spielberg (Drayden Van Dyke/Bob Baffert), a $1,000,000 purchase, the latter who was out for the second time. Dr. Schivel now moves into the Mark Glatt barn after an ownership change. Mendez,who is the horse"s exercise rider, earned his first graded stakes victory. Baffert has won this race a record 14 times but not today.

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Woodbine (Ontario):

• Justin Stein has done the unthinkable and after a 3-win day has tied Rafael Hernandez with 74 victories atop the meet standings. Stein, who recently returned from a 3-year retirement, is also tied with Hernandez at 21%. The meet continues into December.
• Handle: Over $3 million.

Assiniboia Downs (Manitoba):

• Race 7: Mongolian Wind (Wilmer Galviz/Wade Eno) won the Gold Cup Stakes and paid $9.50. The horse is 3-for-4 lifetime and was coming off a win at the track in the Manitoba Derby. Next stop could be the Preakness.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

To summarize the two important summer meets, each track did $17 million in daily handle without fans on track!

The $702 million from the Spa and the $466 million at Del Mar put the tracks total to over $1.1 billion.

• Del Mar (CA): $466.68 million was bet over 27 days. The total was an increase of $34 million from last year. The average daily handle was $17.28 million.
• Saratoga (NY): $702,535,468 was bet over 40 days. The total was the second most in track history. The average daily handle was $17,563,387. Until next summer...

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Tiz the Law is possibly on the outside looking in for the Preakness Stakes which will be held at Pimlico on October 3. The field is in the working stages and few have made commitments. However, this is a list in progress

Horse	Sire	Trainer	Most recent race	Location
Tiz the Law	Constitution	Barclay Tagg	Kentucky Derby (2nd)	Churchill Downs (KY)
Art Collector	Bernardini	Tom Drury	Ellis Park Derby (1st)	Ellis Park (KY)
Authentic	Into Mischief	Bob Baffert	Kentucky Derby (1st)	Churchill Downs (KY)
King Guillermo	Uncle Mo	Juan Avila	Arkansas Derby (2nd)	Oaklawn (AR)
Dr. Post	Quality Road	Todd Pletcher	Jim Dandy (4th)	Saratoga (NY)
Mr. Big News	Giant's Causeway	Bret Calhoun	Kentucky Derby (3rd)	Churchill Downs (KY)
Finnick the Fierce (update: will not enter)	Dialed In	Rey Hernandez	Blue Grass Stakes (7th)	Keeneland (KY)
Thousand Words	Pioneerof the Nile	Bob Baffert	Shared Belief Stakes (1st)	Del Mar (CA)
Mystic Guide	Ghostzapper	Michael Stidham	Jim Dandy (1st)	Saratoga (NY)
Shirl's Speight	Speightstown	Roger Attfield	Marine Stakes (1st)	Woodbine (ON)
Pneumatic	Uncle Mo	Steve Asmussen	Pegasus Stakes (1st)	Monmouth (NJ)
Lebda	Raison d'Etat	Claudio Gonzalez	Robert Hilton Memorial (3rd)	Charles Town (WV)
Mongolian Wind	Mucho Macho Man	Wade Eno	Gold Cup Stakes (1st)	Assiniboia Downs (MB)
Happy Saver	Super Saver	Todd Pletcher	Federico Tesio Stakes (1st)	Laurel (MD)
Liveyourbeastlife	Ghostzapper	Jorge Abreu	Jim Dandy (2nd)	Saratoga (NY)
Azul Coast	Super Saver	Bob Baffert	La Jolla Handicap (5th)	Del Mar (CA)

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

With the major tracks in New York and California dark until the weekend of September 18-19-20, this will be a quiet week comparatively speaking. However, three Breeders' Cup prep races will be run on Saturday, September 12 at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland and another at Kentucky Downs.

On Sunday, two Breeders' Cup preps will be run at the Curragh Racecourse in Ireland.

Wednesday's card (Sep. 9) at Kentucky Downs:

Race #	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post (CT)
Race 1	$35,000	Starter Allowance	1 Mile	Turf	11	12:15 PM
Race 2	$38,000	Claiming	7 Furlongs	Turf	11	12:47 PM
Race 3	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	16	1:19 PM
Race 4	$95,000	Allowance	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	13	1:51 PM
Race 5	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 5/16 Miles	Turf	12	2:23 PM
Race 6	$100,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	12	2:55 PM
Race 7	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 Furlongs	Turf	13	3:27 PM
Race 8	$100,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 Mile	Turf	11	3:59 PM
Race 9	$300,000	Tapit S.	1 Mile 70 Yards	Turf	16	4:32 PM
Race 10	$95,000	Allowance	1 5/16 Miles	Turf	14	5:04 PM

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

• Wesley Ward won four times today including three in Kentucky.

Belterra (Ohio):

• Perry Ouzts won once and upped his career mark to 7,120. He is 21 away from tying Chris McCarron for sixth place in all-time wins.

Kentucky Downs (Kentucky):

• Handle: $7,090,577.65.
• Race 10: Cambeliza (James Graham/Arnaud Delacour) was put to victory following a DQ to Blame Debbie (Joel Rosario/Graham Motion).
• Race 9: Ramsey Solution (Gerardo Corrales/Wesley Ward) won the $300,000 Tapit Stakes.

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• Race 5: The $.50 Pick 5 paid over $28,000.
• Tyler Gaffalione added two wins to his meet lead of five.
• Gerardo Corrales is the early surprise with three wins, all today. He is in his 6th year of jockeying and had a break-through season at Mahoning Valley in Ohio last year.
• Adam Beschizza is winless with 15 mounts. Ricardo Santana, Jr. (14), Brian Hernandez, Jr. (13) and John Velazquez (9) are also among the winless. Velazquez has never won at this track with 11 career starts.
• Wesley Ward leads all trainers with three victories; each came today.
• Graham Motion (12 starters) and Steve Asmussen (10 starters) are winless.
• Meet: September 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 16. The all-turf meet is among the most anticipated of the racing calendar.
• Kentucky Downs had a major malfunction on opening day in addition to some faulty graphics in which horses scratched or whose numbers were not entered were shown among the bubbles at the screen's bottom mid-race.
  
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Canterbury (Minnesota):

• Card: Six races held purses of $100,000 in an important day for Minnesota-bred racing.
• Handle: $2,048,915 set a record for the card in the 27th edition of the Minnesota Festival of Champions.
• Roimes Chirinos had three winners, two for trainer McLean Robertson.
• Weather:

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Today was the first of the 2-day Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase held in Lexington, KY. Of the 330 horses up for purchase, 172 were sold. The high price was a Quality Road filly who cost $1,500,000. She has Irish pedigree on the mother's (Marvelous) side which indicates a future turf runner. Over $27 million was spent today.

Day 2 can be viewed live here beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET : Selected Yearlings Showcase (2020) | Fasig Tipton

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The Canadian Triple Crown

• Race 1: Queen's Plate -- Woodbine (ON) -- Sept. 12, 2020
• Race 2: Prince of Wales Stakes -- Fort Erie (ON) -- Sept. 29, 2020
• Race 3: Breeders' Stakes -- Woodbine (ON) -- Oct. 24, 2020

THE QUEEN'S PLATE

What: The first of the three legs to the Canadian Triple Crown.
Where: Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Ontario
When: Saturday, September 12, 2020, Race 10
Time: 5:41 pm ET
Who: 3-year-olds
Distance: 1 1/4 miles
Surface: All-weather track
Purse: $1,000,000
TV: TVG (all-day coverage of racing), TSN and CTV starting at 4:30 p.m. ET
History: Inaugurated in 1860. It is also the oldest continuously run race in North America. This is the 161st running.
Preview: Queen's Plate and It's Queen's Plate Day! From Don Juan to ? Who is Your Pick?​

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	Sweepin Hard (ON)	Leo Salles	126	Daniel J. Vella	50/1
2	Merveilleux (ON)	Kazushi Kimura	123	Kevin Attard	10/1
3	Belichick (ON)	Slade Callaghan	126	Josie Carroll	30/1
4	Truebelieve (ON)	Keveh Nicholls	126	Cole Bennett	30/1
5	Holyfield (ON)	Darryll P. Holland	126	Catherine Day Phillips	30/1
6	Halo Again (ON)	Luis Contreras	126	Steven M. Asmussen	5/1
7	Glorious Tribute (ON)	David Moran	126	Barbara J. Minshall	30/1
8	Olliemyboy (ON)	Steven Ronald Bahen	126	Sid C. Attard	30/1
9	Dotted Line (ON)	Justin Stein	126	Sid C. Attard	8/1
10	Curlin's Voyage (ON)	Patrick Husbands	123	Josie Carroll	5/2
11	F F Rocket (ON)	Sahin Civaci	126	Albert M. Stall, Jr.	50/1
12	Clayton (ON)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	126	Kevin Attard	2/1
13	Mighty Heart (ON)	Daisuke Fukumoto	126	Josie Carroll	20/1
14	Tecumseh's War (ON)	Emma-Jayne Wilson	126	Catherine Day Phillips	12/1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Horse Racing Nation has produced a 2021 Kentucky Derby get-to-know list. Interesting concept. Jackie's Warrior was mentioned in one of my reviews a couple of days ago.

HRN unveils Kentucky Derby 2021 contender rankings

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Thursday, September 10, 2020

• Dark days: A reminder that the major tracks in southern California and New York are dark for a few days. Santa Anita opens Saturday the 19th and Belmont opens Friday the 18th. Among the tracks operating Friday:
  • Gulfstream (Florida)
  • Laurel (Maryland)
  • Belterra (Ohio)
  • Arlington (Illinois)
  • Woodbine (Ontario)
    
  • Golden Gate (California)
  • Penn National (Pennsylvania)

• Wesley Ward is 7-for-14 the past three days at tracks in Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio. The man is having a splendid 2020 at 26% his best mark since 2009.
• Steve Asmussen is 11 wins shy of becoming the second trainer in history to record 9,000 career wins.
• Off the turf: Many tracks were off the turf including Gulfstream, Arlington, Laurel and Delaware.

Delaware Park (Delaware):

• Jamie Ness sent out two horses and both were victorious. Ness is fifth this year among all trainers in North America with 139 wins. He is having a resurgence this year with numbers slightly better than his career averages. He sends horses to most of the mid-Atlantic tracks.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Miguel Vasquez won his first three rides.

Belterra (Ohio):

• Perry Ouzts won once and upped his career mark to 7,121. He is 20 away from tying Chris McCarron for sixth place in all-time wins.

Kentucky Downs (Kentucky):

• Race 9: Moon Over Miami (Javier Castellano/Bill Mott) won the $750,000 Gun Runner for 3-year-olds.

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• Race 8: Micheline (Joel Rosario/Michael Stidham) won the $500,000 race for 3-year-old fillies at 10-to-1 with an outstanding ride. It will be tough to keep Rosario from the list of nominees for the Eclipse Award. The two Ortiz brothers are likely locks (Irad more so) but the third member of the finalists is debatable. Rosario is my pick as of today.

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• Tyler Gaffalione (6 wins) and Gerardo Corrales (4 wins) each added one win to their totals. They are 1-2 atop the riders' standings.
• Wesley Ward added two wins to his meet lead of five.
• Joe Sharp, who had two surgeries on his brain this summer, won twice. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year.
• Adam Beschizza ended the day 1-for-20. He was winless in 15 starts as the day began.
• Brian Hernandez, Jr. is 0-for-15.
• John Velazquez won the Kentucky Derby three times but he is 0-for-14 lifetime at this track.
• Glitch: There was a delay late in the day and prior to the $750,000 race related to a power outage to the truck which sent the signal across the globe.
• Handle: The $8.9 bet today set a course record for a non-weekend card.

Arlington (Illinois):

• Race 2: A 10-to-1 shot, the only first-time starter in the race and a favorite betting angle of mine, was DQ'd from victory. The 3-to-5 shot winner, trained by Wesley Ward, was rightfully put up. The original winner veered into the path of the eventual winner which could lead to a suspension to that jockey despite having a young unraced filly which may be taken into account.
• Dee Poulos trained two winners among the three she sent out. She has been training since 1997. She was married to Ernie Poulos who has since passed and once trained Black Tie Affair. That horse had 18 wins in 45 starts and earned well over $3 million including winning the 1991 Breeders' Cup Classic when two Kentucky Derby winners Unbridled and Strike the Gold were defeated.

Emerald Downs (Washington):

• Race 8: Anothertwistafate (Juan Gutierrez/Blaine Wright), who was off since May 2019 and entered off a 10th place finish at Pimlico, won the Grade 3, $100,000 Longacres Mile Handicap. The 4-year-old Kentucky bred was among the youngest horses in the race and was sent off the favorite.

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Yesterday, at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale in Kentucky, a Quality Road filly was purchased for $1.5 million.

Today's conclusion to the 2-day sale saw an American Pharoah son sold for $1.25 million. And indications are that Bob Baffert will be the eventual trainer.

Of the five highest sold colts, two were Into Mischief who sired this year's Kentucky Derby winner.

A total of 19 colts and fillies sold for $500,000 or more in the two days with Into Mischief leading the way with four babies sold.

In summary, over $61,000,000 was spent on 348 horses sold the past two days.

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And the Keeneland sale is this week:

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Arizona: Things appear gloomy in Arizona with both Arizona Downs and Turf Paradise and the interests that surround OTB and other pertinent matters. There seems to be much friction between a variety of sources. The industry needs to figure out these problems. The sport is booming at some levels but to lose tracks like Suffolk Downs (Mass.), Portland Meadows (Oregon). potentially Arlington (Illinois), and others in recent years sends a bad vibe and is an embarrassment to those states and individuals responsible for the demise.

Newbie: For those playing the races and maybe unfamiliar with Natalie Lynch, she is a former assistant to Jeffrey Englehart who got her trainer's license less than a month ago. She will be sending out Wendell Fong in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes at Monmouth (NJ) on Saturday. She will be based at Belmont (NY) with what appears to be a stable of ten. She was attending nursing school in Maryland not too long ago.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Friday, September 11, 2020

• Dark: Major tracks in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and California were dark.
• Churchill Downs will run September 17 - 27 following the end of Kentucky Downs' meet.
• Steve Asmussen remains 11 wins shy of 9,000. He has the second most wins of any trainer in North America. He sends out as many as 17 horses combined at Woodbine, Remington, Louisiana and Kentucky

Laurel (Maryland):

• Handle: More than $3.2 million bet.
• Maryland horsemen + Stronach: That starting gate logo is lifeless. How about adding some flavor to the drab logo and design? The orange-yellow and black combo seemed to work just fine with the prior simulcast graphic before the box lettering encompassed the various Stronach tracks.
• Race 5: The original order of 9-5-3-1-7 was changed to 5-1-9-3-7 after a lengthy review. The stewards and placing judging took their time with multiple violations and did a good job. The explanation through the simulcast was detailed.

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• Race 7: Into Mischief finished 1-2 in a race of 2-year-old fillies in which the $2 exacta was $81. Into Mischief is firing on all cylinders as a stallion. He sired Authentic among others.

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Gulfstream (Florida):

• Rainbow Six: Guaranteed $400,000 'pot tomorrow.
• Card: While it is an obvious statement to say this isn't the best time of year for Florida racing -- summers are not -- the card on Saturday offers some decent handicapping and may be worth a look with New York dormant.
• No turf no peace: No turf racing again which made those who prefer grass antsy again.
• Miguel Vasquez rode three winners. It is his fifth straight racing day with multiple winners.
• Race 2: Richard Silvestri was listed as the winning trainer. It is his second lifetime win and first since 2011.
• Race 8: Trev, who entered with a 5-race win streak, finished 6th in his worst performance since January 2016. The 10-year-old gelding was out for the 42nd time and had hit the board nine straight times.

Belterra (Ohio):

• Perry Ouzts won once and is now 19 wins behind Chris McCarron and 6th place all-time.

Arlington (Illinois):

• Larry Rivelli is striking at 34% this meet. His 34 victories is 25 more than his closest challenger.

Prairie Meadows (Iowa):

• Race 10: The finale at Prairie Meadows tonight is a perfect example of how PP on surfaces is important. Perfect Beauty had 4 wins in 19 starts but is now 3-for-4 on wet tracks and it was muddy in Iowa tonight. Some horses like off tracks. Someone nailed the $.50 Pick 5 for $14,000+. Some bettors profit of such nights.

Golden Gate (California):

• Canceled: Due to issues related to fires in the area, racing was canceled.

Woodbine (Canada):

• Handle: Over $6,000,000 bet. A good show!
• Justin Stein won the finale and now holds a 75-to-74 lead over Rafael Hernandez. Stein returned to racing last year after a 3-year retirement.
• Luis Contreras rode three winners.