Horse Racing: Mike Repole headed to California to boost ailing state

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Jose Ortiz rode four winners.

Pimlico (Maryland):

• Handle: $98 million which is the fifth highest handle in the track's history. 101 million+ is the high mark.
• Card: 14 races, five graded stakes.
• Jockeys With Multiple Wins: Sheldon Russell, Javier Castellano and Irad Ortiz, Jr. Luis Saez, who won once, placed with three straight mounts.
• Trainers With Multiple Wins: None.
• Race 3: Mirahmadi (Frankie Dettori/Bob Baffert), a $1.05 million purchase, was sent off the favorite but finished third behind the local formidable duo of Sheldon Russell (winner) and wife Brittany (placed) who opposed each other for a rare time.
• Race 4: Apple Picker (Sheldon Russell/Brittany Russell) won the $100,000 Skipat Stakes.

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• Race 6: Frost Free (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Brett Creighton) won the Grade 3 $200,000 Chick Lang Stakes. Creighton celebrated a graded stakes for the first time in nearly 40 years of training.

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• Race 7: Fluffy Socks (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Chad Brown) won the Grade 3 $100,000 Gallorette Stakes.

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• Race 8: Super Chow (Javier Castellano/Jorge Delgado) won the Grade 3 $100,000 Maryland Sprint Stakes.

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• Race 9: Fulmineo (Flavien Prat/Arnaud Delacour) won the $100,000 James Murphy Stakes.

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• Race 10: Corporate Power (Javier Castellano/Shug McGaughey) won the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes. Connections of the third place horse lodged an objection but after an inquiry the original order was maintained. The toip three finishers were separated by mere inches.

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• Race 11: Grooms All Bizness (Jorge Ruiz/Jorge Duarte, Jr.) won the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint.

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• Race 12: Balnikhov (Frankie Dettori/Phil D'Amato) won the Grade 3 $500,000 Dinner Party Stakes.

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• Race 13: Seize the Grey (Jaime Torres/Wayne Lukas) won the $2,000,000 Grade I Preakness Stakes in its 149th edition. The winner was sent off 9-to-1. Seize The Grey, a son to the awesome Arrogate, entered off a win two weeks ago at Churchill Downs, is 10 4-0-4 lifetime but a potent 3 2-0-1 on off tracks. The $300,000 investment has $1.8 million in career earnings. Torres was the youngest rider in the race. Lukas was the most seasoned trainer in the race at the age of 88. Lukas has won 15 Triple Crown races (4 KD, 7 Preakness, 4 Belmont) and his first since the 2013 Preakness.

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Cherie DeVaux and Brittany Russell won training contests this weekend at Pimlico. Prize money was distributed to trainers based on a point distribution as follows: To be eligible for the bonus, trainers had to run a minimum of five horses in the 15 stakes, eight graded, worth $4.3 million in purses offered during Preakness weekend. Points were accumulated for finishing first (10), second (seven), third (five), fourth (three) and fifth through last (one).

Stakes Races

1. Cherie DeVaux 34 points worth $50,000
2. Steve Asmussen 30 points worth $25,000
3. Mike Trombetta 28 points worth $12,000
4. Brittany Russell 23 points worth $7,000
5. Graham Motion 19 points worth $4,000
6. Wayne Lukas 16 points worth $2,000

Non-Stakes Races

1. Brittany Russell 48 points worth $25,000
2. Kieron McGee 25 points worth $10,000
3. Graham Motion 23 points worth $7.500
4. Anthony Aguirre, Jr. 15 points worth $4,000
5. Anthony Farrior 14 points worth $2,500
6. Mike Trombetta 13 points worth $1,000

Note: Larry Collmus's call of the Preakness may be his best. Maryland's track caller is consistently solid and has been for years.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Race 9: Saucy Six (Hector Diaz, Jr./Rachael Keithan) gave the young trainer her first win since 2022 by winning the finale at 45-to-1 to illuminate the tote board with the following payouts:

• Win: $92.80
• Exacta: $1,171
• Tri: $4,492.50
• $1 super $15,000+
• $.20 Pick 6 $7,300+
• $2 Pick 5: $24,000+
• Pick 4: $9,600+
• $2 Pick 3 $2,400+

Hawthorne (Illinois):

• David Cohen added two wins to his impressive meet. His win total has fallen every year for the past six years from 114 to 18 but that downturn has stopped with 22 wins in 2024.
• Larry Rivelli won with his lone starter. The almost always imposing Illinois-based trainer is 44% this meet with 41 starters.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Bangor updates have now switched to the following link;

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[CHRDANHUTCH]

Saturday post/pic/article;

First Tracks Cumberland – Maine Harness Racing

www.firsttrackscumberland.com

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The Japanese Derby in Tokyo is roughly a $4 million (U.S) purse and will be held at 2:40 am ET Sunday morning.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Viewership of the Preakness peaked at 7 million and that signaled an increase of 7% from last year. That said the best way to experience horse racing is at a live facility or secondarily a simulcast venue. Word at random checks was parlors were jammed on Saturday.

Even without a prospect of a Triple Crown winner, New York will put on a special show for the highly anticipated "Belmont at Saratoga" meet June 6-9 and the card got the Stakes will be intoxicating. First post is 10:45 am ET.

As stated a few weeks ago, this will be a good summer compared to 2023 when races were canceled due to inclement rainy weather and forest fires up North. That should increase betting opportunities and handles I would expect be larger than the dip we saw in 2023. That is if weather is more pleasant.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Maryland's 2-year-olds in training sale saw a record-high average of $95,529 per horse with a total of $32.7 million spent. The biggest buy was a Bolt d'Oro filly worth $1.25 million.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Woodbine (ONT) Thursday card/odds;

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Pimlico has carryovers of $258,000+ Super High Five and $315,000+ Pick 6 entering today, the largest listed in the US.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The 6 in Race 4 at Aqueduct offers value right now.

Edit: scratched (turf)

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Friday/Weekend preview:

First Tracks Cumberland – Maine Harness Racing

www.firsttrackscumberland.com

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

$342,000+ carryover for the Pimlico Pick 6.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Friday post race/articles/Saturday preview (all races start @ 3:15);

First Tracks Cumberland – Maine Harness Racing

www.firsttrackscumberland.com

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Horseshoe Indianapolis (Indiana):

• Bombs over Shelbyville: One of the best simulcast feeds and a good midweek track had bombs glaore.
• Races 6-7: The $2 double returned over $1,200 when 10-1 and 54-1 shots won.
• Race 7: Bella Francesca (Reynier Arrieta/Heather Irion) was elevated to victory following a stewards' review in the $100,000 Swiftly Sired Fillies Handicap.
• Race 8: A 58-to-1 shot, the second longest odds in a field of 12, won. The $.50 Pick 3 returned a gigantic $19,000+. The $2 double was an enormous $2,000+.
• Race 9: The $.50 Pick 3 was a staggering $32,000. The $2 double returned more than $1,770.

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Friday, May 24, 2024

• Inquiries/Objections Across America: There seemed to be an abundance of inquiries and objections today.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Race 5: Fly the W (Edgard Zayas/Bobby Dibona) won for the 18th time in 39 starts. The impressive career mark of 39 18-4-10 includes hitting the board 26 straight races. The 8-year-old Ghostzapper gelding broke his maiden in Maryland but has been riding in Florida his past 35 races.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794083322227782111

Horseshoe Indianapolis (Indiana):

• Race 6: The $.10 super returned more than $5,300.

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Saturday, May 25, 2024

Belmont at Aqueduct (New York):

• Handle: $14.4 million which I believe was the high spot in the US today.
• Dylan Davis was 6 2-1-2 today including a show at 66-to-1.

Delaware Park (Delaware):

• Ederick Robles had two wins. The 16-year-old jockey is turning heads at the meet, has seven wins and is 30%/74% to date.
• Jaime Rodriguez, who rode at Pimlico today, is 14 8-1-2 (57%/79%) at the meet.

Monmouth (New Jersey):

• Paco Lopez rode the entire 10-race card and finished with five winners.
• Charlie Marquez suffered a serious injury at the track last weekend and will be sidelined for approximately six months with multiple fractures in his back.

Pimlico (Maryland):

• The Pick 6 carryover: $363,541.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Race 6: Swan Lake (Leonel Reyes/Elizabeth Dobles) gave the trainer a rare win in 2024 (four wins with 68 starters). She seemed to be blossoming under Imaginary Stables but the pairing seems to have been separated. She won at a 17% clip in 2022 but was 4% in 2024 entering this card.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Race 4: Cristian and Jaime Torres, no relation to my knowledge, finished 1-2 with first-time starters -- the lone such in the deep field -- at 11-to-1 and 27-to-1, respectively,
• Race 5: The Torres duo finished 1-2 with Jaime winning.
• Race 7: Bound for Nowhere (Brian Hernandez, Jr./Wesley Ward) gave the trainer yet another win this year but not with a baby. The winner is 10 years of age. The pricey horse, without a win in the past 22 months, cost $310,000 in 2015 and has since accumulated $1.3 million in lifetime earnings. The horse has raced in France, England, Canada and the USA.

Santa Anita (California):

• Race 3: The Chosen Vron (Hector Berrios/Eric Kruljac) was sent off 1-to-9 to capture his fifth straight win and 18th win in 23 career starts. The 6-year-old California-bred has become a local star having raced all but once inside his home state (also once in Arizona).

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794582717595779298

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Gulfstream (FL) and Pimlico (MD) are the lone US tracks with six-figure carryovers entering today. Pimlico has a force-out with the meet ending this weekend. Parx (PA) joins them tomorrow.

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

the debut as a 3 year old by ever so sweet sure was electrifying over at the big A. final time of 1:06.94 is sick!!!!

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Will Rogers (Oklahoma):

• Tornadoes: The report that the track was caught in the maelstrom that is an active tornado was very disturbing. A horse at the track was among those who perished in the region. Best wishes sent.

Belmont at Saratoga:

• Possible Field for the June 8 Belmont Stakes:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794821209982710040

Belmont at Aqueduct (New York):

• NYRA Schedule: Following Monday's Memorial Day card which ends the meet, NYRA will be dark for much of the next three weeks.
  • NYRA does not race live from May 28 through June 5.
  • Saratoga hosts the 4-day Belmont Stakes Meet from June 6 through June 9.
  • All NYRA tracks are dark June 10 - 13.
  • Aqueduct resumes racing June 14 and operates into July 7.
  • Saratoga opens what is arguably the most anticipated meet on the racing calendar July 11.
• Race 7: Hamilton's Way (Dylan Davis/Ray Handal) rocked the boat at 31-to-1. That helped what would later be massive payouts.
• Race 8: Bank Frenzy (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Lisa Lewis) won as the favorite. Lewis is 9 2-1-3 in 2024. A smaller stable trainer who has been active since the 1980s, she has had single-digit wins every year 2015. She was once a private trainer as well. Good to see her in the winner's column.
• Race 9: Your Man Alex (Lane Luzzi/Melanie Giddings) was sent off at 32-to-1 and was one of two first-time starters -- the pair finished 1-2 and rocked the tote -- to complete a series of remarkable payouts. The $.50 Pick 4 paid over $24,000. The $.50 Pick 5 paid over $188,000. The $1 Pick 3 returned more than $6,000. The $1 exacta returned $974. The $.10 super paid over $9,000.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794845928588992669

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Pimlico (Maryland):

• Penultimate Day of Racing: The meet closes tomorrow. Maryland hasn't published the balance of the 2024 calendar and as such Pimlico may or may not host a meet in the autumn. Laurel and Timonium (state fair) have meets approaching.
• Leading Jockeys: Jaime Rodriguez (10), Sheldon Russell (9) and Jorge Ruiz (8).
• Leading Trainers: Brittany Russell (8) and Kieron Magee (6).
• Photos: Four consecutive races were within a neck to start the day. Races 1-2-3 went in my direction but not the fourth race with a 9-to-1 shot.
• Sweet Sixteen: Ederik Robles, at the age of 16, won the opener as part of a 2-win day. He raced outside Delaware in the US for the first time. As mentioned yesterday, he has been turning heads at Delaware since that meet opened.
• Race 1: Count Daddy (Ederik Robles/Kieron Magee) officially won by a neck and was the longest shot at 6-to-1.

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• Race 2: Brady Bear (Sheldon Russell/Brittany Russell) officially won by a nose and earned a victory in what was one of the most representative examples of pulling a win from the jaws of defeat. This race and finish was unique.

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1794786969257709857

• Race 3: Popover Girl (Jaime Rodriguez/Ned Allard) officially won by a nose and gave the 80-year-old trainer a win with the lone first-time starter in the race (a favorite betting angle). Allard spent much of his early days in New Hampshire and won for the first time in 1970 at Lincoln Downs in Rhode Island.

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• Race 4: Shape Note (Mychel Sanchez/Arnaud Delacour) officially won by a head.

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Santa Anita (California):​

• Race 9: Adare Manor (Juan Hernandez/Bob Baffert) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Santa Margarita at the shortest odds possible, 1-to-9.
• Race 10: Mucho Del Oro (Kyle Frey/Doug O'Neill) won the $100,000 Grade 3 Daytona Stakes.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Danon Decile, a 76-to-1 bomber, rocked the house to win the $3.89 million (US) Japanese Derby in Tokyo. The oldest winning rider in the race's history at the age of 56. The winner paid $155 in US pools slightly less in local pools.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

$1.1 million added so far to the Pick 6 pool at Pimlico. And growing.

Edit: The pool, at least unofficially, reached $1.9 million.

 

[GKJ]

‘Belmont at the Big A’ off the turf, produces the rare 16/15 daily double that only pays $23

 

[Cyclones Rock]

Equibase | All Time Leaders

Scott Spieth-39th in all time North American jockey wins-notched his 5000th win aboard Wheelingndealing in race 7 at Presque Isle Downs just a few minutes ago.

Congrats to Scott!

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Sunday, May 27, 2024
A day to remember amid about activities.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795107707906666901

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Will Rogers and the damaging effects of a tornado.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794723487237714022

Belmont at Aqueduct (New York):

• Handle: $7.8 million.
• Final Day of the Meet. On deck...

• NYRA does not race live from May 28 through June 5.
• Saratoga hosts the 4-day Belmont Stakes Meet from June 6 through June 9.
• All NYRA tracks are dark June 10 - 13.
• Aqueduct resumes racing June 14 and operates into July 7.
• Saratoga opens what is arguably the most anticipated meet on the racing calendar July 11.

• Leading Jockey: Manny Franco.
• Leading Trainer: Linda Rice. Ray Handal was exceptional at 38%.
• Among the confusion at New York today:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795170819577970701

• Race 1: Much ado about something -- The race was run at 5 furlongs despite the book saying 5 1/2 furlongs.
• Race 2: Segesta (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Chad Brown) won the Grade 2 $200,000 Wonder Again Stakes. Brown had three of six horses that ran. Not good for a graded stakes.

Presque Isle (Pennsylvania):

• Race 7: Wheelinganddealing (Scott Spieth/Aldana Speith) gave the jockey his 5,000th lifetime win. The jockey rode for his wife.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795228066672787876

Pimlico (Maryland):

• Closing Day of the Meet: Today wrapped the meet and perhaps the calendar year for Pimlico. Next up:
  • Laurel from May 31 - August 18.
  • Maryland State Fair at Timonium runs August 22 - September 2 with specific racing dates unavailable at last check.
  • After that? Laurel for the majority of the year, perhaps Pimlico for a few dates.
• Leading Jockey: Jaime Rodriguez.
• Leading Trainer: Brittany Russell.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795482131503960171

• Wayne Lukas sent seven horses to the meet and only one hit the board. That horse won the Preakness. The trainer led the meet in earnings.
• Jorge Duarte, Jr., mid-Atlantic trainer, was a perfect 4-for-4 at the meet.
• Handle: $5.1 million of which approximately $1.5 million was added to the Pick 6.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Race 8: Clearly Unhinged (Joel Rosario/Steve Asmussen) won the Grade 3 $250,000 Winning Color Stakes named for one of three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby and the most recent in 1988.

Lone Star (Texas):

• Attendance: 6,000+
• Texas vs. the Feds/HISA: Due to the ongoing battle between Texas and the Feds over HISA rules and regulations, the simulcast feed is not permitted in the US other than in-state. Handle has been diminished greatly but Texas receives purse structure through other means.
• Card: Six of the 12 races were $100,000+. Good card.
• Mike Smith, Hall of Fame rider, rode two mounts and both won.
• Steve Asmussen, the winningest trainer in North America history, had a rare zero win-day with a 12 0-2-3 showing. He had his go-to rider Stewart Elliott as well as both sons riding.
• Race 10: E J Won the Cup (Mike Smith/Doug O'Neill) won the $300,000 Texas Derby. Named for horse owner, though not this winner, Erik Johnson who brought the Stanley Cup to Del Mar (CA) following his team's win as a member of Colorado.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795236092817400116

• Race 11: Heroic Move (Harry Hernandez/Robertino Diodoro) won the $400,000 Grade 3 Steve Sexton Mile in a nail-biter.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795259953286172776

Santa Anita (California):

• Attendance: 13,000.
• Handle: Roughly $15 million.
• Card: 11 races, three of which were graded stakes.
• Antonio Fresu rode three winners with his first five mounts.
• Umberto Rispoli won two of the three graded stakes.
• Race 6: Princess Midnight (Jose Valdivia, Jr./Joe Herrick) won at 47-to-1 to complete a gigantic Pick 5 worth $118,000+. Herrick had lost, unofficially, with his past 36 starters and last won in 2020.
• L'Enfant Dit (Antonio Fresu/Gus Headley) at 17-to-1 nosed a 31-to-1 shot.
• Race 7: Promissio (Antonio Fresu/Doug O'Neill) won at 19-to-1. The $2 all-Antonio Fresu double paid $529. The $1 Pick 3 paid over $26,000. Wow!
• Race 8:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795242373766946984

• Race 9: Anisette (Umberto Rispoli/Leonard Powell) won the $300,000 Grade I Gamely Stakes. The winner was bred in Great Britain, the jockey from Italy and the trainer from France. The filly won for the 6th time in 10 starts.

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• Race 10: Mr. Fisk (Kazushi Kimura/Bob Baffert) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup. Mr. Fisk won for the fifth time in 11 starts. Baffert, who finished 1-2 in the finish, won this race for the 10th time and won a stakes at the track for the 350th time. The winner was vanned off prior to entering the winner's circle.

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1795291760245244060

• Race 11: Johannes (Umberto Rispoli/Tim Yakteen) won the Grade I $300,000 Shoemaker Mile. Johannes won for the fifth time in nine starts\ and is now a multiple graded stakes winner. The $1 Pick 6 paid $91,000.

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Churchill Downs has an entertaining card Saturday, June 1.

Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$31,000	Claiming	7 F	Dirt	13	12:45 PM ET
2	$63,000	Maiden Claiming	6 F	Dirt	11	1:14 PM ET
3	$127,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 1/8 M	Dirt	9	1:43 PM ET
4	$120,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 M	Dirt	16	2:14 PM ET
5	$127,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 M	Dirt	12	2:46 PM ET
6	$275,000	Arlington S.	1 1/16 M	Turf	8	3:18 PM ET
7	$275,000	Aristides S.	6 F	Dirt	8	3:51 PM ET
8	$275,000	Shawnee S.	1 1/16 M	Dirt	9	4:23 PM ET
9	$275,000	Regret S.	1 1/8 M	Turf	10	4:55 PM ET
10	$275,000	Blame S.	1 1/8 M	Dirt	11	5:27 PM ET
11	$275,000	Audubon S.	1 1/8 M	Turf	10	5:58 PM ET

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The rules in New York as written. Confusion ruled the moment in time yesterday.

https://paulickreport.com/news/horseplayers-category/mondays-44200-pick-6-carryover-moves-to-opening-day-of-belmont-stakes-racing-festival

A total of $230,327 in new money was wagered into Monday's Pick 6 pool at a carryover takeout rate of 24 percent. As United Tote is unable to change the takeout rate in the tote system after the wager begins, NYRA has added a total of $21,000 in seed money to the pool which brings the wager down to a takeout rate of 14.88 percent, which is below the customary non-carryover Pick 6 takeout rate of 15 percent.
In accordance with New York State Gaming Commission Rule 4011.26 regarding Pick 6 pools and surface transfers, the Pick 6 carryover will now transfer to the next available card which will occur on Thursday, June 6, on Opening Day of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival:

(2) If there are two or three surface transfer races in the pick-six sequence, no carryovers from prior pick-six pools, advertised guaranteed amount or advertised added amounts will be distributed to winners in such day’s pick-six pool, and 75 percent of such program’s net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to holders of wagers selecting the winners of all non-surface transfer races in the pick-six sequence, and 25 percent of such program’s net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to holders of wagers selecting the next most winners; should no wager include the winners of all the non-surface-transfer races in the pick-six sequence, 25 percent of such net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to the holders of wagers selecting the most winners of the non-surface-transfer races in the pick-six sequence, and 75 percent of such program’s net pool shall be carried over as elsewhere provided in this section for subsequent distribution.​

The lucrative Thursday, June 6, card is headlined by the Grade 2, $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup, a two-mile turf test for older horses, which offers a "Golden Ticket" for an automatic berth into the Group 1, AUD$8.4 million Lexus Melbourne Cup on Nov. 5 at Flemington Racecourse in Victoria, Australia. Also featured on the June 6 program are the Listed $150,000 Jersey Girl for sophomore fillies sprinting six furlongs; the Listed $150,000 Tremont for juveniles sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs; and the $150,000 Astoria at 5 1/2 furlongs for juvenile fillies. Entries for the Thursday, June 6 program will be taken this Friday.

The four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which runs through Sunday, June 9, is highlighted by the 156th edition of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 8. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will include 24 stakes races with purses totaling $10.25 million.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Golden Gate will not race Friday. Down to few horses and five racing dates. Pleasanton and the fairs start mid-June.