Horse Racing: Santa Anita's opening day (Dec. 26) card has been drawn; California racing to consolidate this winter at Santa Anita

[SJSharksfan39]

Mystic Dan won by just looking up. Goes to show yeah you should look up every once in a while and enjoy life. You never know what will happen.

 

[BMOK33]

Hasn’t there been several long shots winning here the last few years

 

[John Price]

Hasn’t there been several long shots winning here the last few years

yes but 18-1 isn't that long of a shot

a 40+ to 1 won a few years ago

 

[GKJ]

No excuses for Fierceness.

 

[BMOK33]

yes but 18-1 isn't that long of a shot

a 40+ to 1 won a few years ago

I was at Belmont one of the triple crown years I think it was year I turned 21 or 22 so had to be maybe 01-02 and a 80 or 90:1 shot one

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I know nothing about these horses, but this was worthy of an anniversary race. Kentucky Derby did great today.

 

[GKJ]

3-2-11 is official.

 

[John Price]

3 2 11 4 10

replay



wow first nose finish in 28 years

 

[John Price]

 

[GKJ]

Half mile 46.6 was a fair pace. Hernandez gets the jump and the ground saving, winning move early and squeezes by the 12 on the lead.

 

[End of Line]

Amazing f***ing race. The photo finish was reminiscent of a NASCAR race.

 

[GKJ]

Yeesh, Larry Collmus missed the inside move. Tough race to call though.

 

[HisIceness]

Love photo finishes!

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

i wonder how many people are pissed at johnny v. i like him a lot in the next race.

 

[GKJ]

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

$299 million bet so far, two races to go.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Saturday, May 5, 2024 -- Kentucky Derby Day

Belmont at Aqueduct (New York):

• Manny Franco alternated wins and losses and finished 9 4-3-0. He won races 2, 4, 6 and 9 (he didn't ride in the 8th).
• Race 8: Master Piece (Dylan Davis/Richie Dutrow) won the Grade 2 $200,000 Fort Marcy.
• Race 10: Soul of an Angel (Trevor McCarthy/Saffie Joseph) won the Grade 2 $200,000 Ruffian Stakes as the lagest odds on the board at 24-to-1 and in convincing fashion.

Tampa Bay Downs (Florida):

• End of the Meet: Tampa Bay will be dark until the annual race dates on June 30 and July 1. Racing then is dormant until late November.
• Leading Jockey: Samy Camacho with 78 wins.
• Leading Trainer: Kathleen O'Connell with 54 wins.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Kentucky Derby Card
• Among the records smashed, etc.:
  • $446 million bet in 4-day Derby week
  • $320 million bet on Derby card.
  • $210 million bet on the Derby.
  • Highest TV ratings since 1989.
• Race 12 KENTUCKY DERBY: The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby was won by Mystik Dan (Brian Hernandez, Jr./Kenny McPeek) in a 3-way photo finish which was the first such result in the race since 1947. This was the first Derby decided by a nose since 1996 and 10th time ever in 150 events. Approximately 156,000 attended. The winning jockey-trainer duo also won the Kentucky Oaks, a first such pairing in history. Mystik Dan improved to 7 3-1-1. He won on a muddy track at Oaklawn in the Southwest but then finished third in the Arkansas Derby on a fast track. The $.50 Pick 5 paid over $188,000. The $.20 Pick 6 returned a fantastic $345,000. The $1 Super High Five paid over $316,000.

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• Oaks-Derby: Paid $118.43 for $1. Brian Hernandez is the ninth rider to win the Oaks-Derby double since 2009. Kenny McPeek became the first trainer to win both races in the same year since 1952 and fourth ever. It was the first time the same jockey-trainer won both events in the same year.

• Race 9: Trikari (Umberto Rispoli/Graham Motion), who debuted to a 12th place finish at Keeneland in October, was the bomb of the day at 47-to-1. The $2 exacta paid over $1,300. The $.50 tri neared $3,000. The $.50 Pick 5 paid $84,000. The $1 super paid over $69,000.
• Irad Ortiz, Jr. rode three winners.
• Steve Asmussen trained five winners 22 (5-2-4) across four tracks. Asmussen finished with a 3-win day on this card including two graded stakes. three winners including two graded stakes.
• Chad Brown trained four winners (two in New York and two at Churchill) and both wins here were graded stakes.

Santa Anita (California):

• Race 7: Gold Phoenix (Kyle Fret/Phil D'Amato) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Charlie Whittingham Stakes.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

5/4 photos from Cumberland Raceway;

First Tracks Cumberland – Maine Harness Racing

www.firsttrackscumberland.com

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

discussions ongoing as to whether Mystik Dan will run @ Pimlico; also Thorpedo Anna's future after the Oaks win....

 

[GKJ]

discussions ongoing as to whether Mystik Dan will run @ Pimlico; also Thorpedo Anna's future after the Oaks win....

Sounds like he’s gonna go if he’s healthy. Thorpedo Anna won’t run against him considering the same connections.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Sierra Leone headed toward Belmont Stakes; essentially off the TC track by forgoing Preakness

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Sounds like he’s gonna go if he’s healthy. Thorpedo Anna won’t run against him considering the same connections.

hearing now either Saratoga or Belmont for Thorpedo Anna

 

[GKJ]

hearing now either Saratoga or Belmont for Thorpedo Anna

The Belmont is at Saratoga, so if mystik dan loses, why not both?

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

The Belmont is at Saratoga, so if mystik dan loses, why not both?

likely because we haven't got there yet

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Laurel (Maryland):

• End of the Meet
• Leading Jockey: JG Torrealba, a bug, with 22 wins. Torrealba, perhaps a finalist for an Eclipse Award (Apprentice), rode in the US for the first time last year.
• Leading Trainer: Kieron Magee with 11 wins. Magee won the 2023 Spring title at Laurel as well.
• Next Up Pimlico: From 5/9/2024-5/27/2024.
• Laurel Returns: 5/31/2024-8/18/2024.

Mountaineer (West Virginia):

• Race 8: The $.50 Pick 5 returned over $107,000.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Race 9: The $.20 Pick 6 paid $115,000+.

Oaklawn (Arkansas):

• End of the Meet
• Leading Jockey: Cristian Torres with 82 wins.
• Leading trainer: Steve Asmussen with 71 wins.
• Perfection: Skelly and Valentine's Candy both were 4-for-4. Two other horses won four times as well.

Santa Anita (California):

• Race 1: The Rabbi (Armando Ayuso/Ron Ellis) debuted to a win at 41-to-1. He needed some divine intervention at breaking last -- perhaps due to the old adage of maiden outings in the inside hole -- but delivered when it counted. The Rabbi, sold for $325,000 last year, paid $84.80.

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