Friday, February 03 2012
Saturday’s 10-cent Rainbow 6 Carryover is $134,548.44
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s 10-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover Saturday of $134,548.44.
There were no unique tickets alive going into Friday’s last race.
Gulfstream Today: 2.3.12
Emcee came within less than two-fifths of a second of equaling the Gulfstream Park track record for seven furlongs while winning the featured ninth race.
Making the second start of his career, the 4-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song scored by six lengths with a blistering 1:20.83 clocking. The track record for seven furlongs of 1:20.45 was set in 2005 by Mr. Light.
Emcee vied for pacesetting honors with long shot Macarthur Causeway while racing along the rail on the backstretch and obtained a clear lead on the far turn before being challenged by favored Associate. The 3-5 favorite ranged alongside Emcee leaving the turn into the homestretch, but the 8-5 second choice quickly kicked clear on his way to his second straight victory.
Prado a Frequent Visitor to Gulfstream Winner’s Circle Again
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Edgar Prado has been making the most of his opportunities during the 2011-2012 meeting at Gulfstream Park, having already visited the winner’s circle on five more occasions than he did during the entire 2011 meeting.
The Hall of Fame jockey, who has ridden the winner’s of 6,523 races and $237 million in purses, had somehow experienced a startling slow-down in business the past few years, particularly last year at Gulfstream when he rode only 14 winners for the entire stand. With more than two months remaining this year, Prado has ridden 18 winners from 108 mounts (the fewest of any rider in the Top 10).
PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $65,372 INTO SATURDAY
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2012)—No one tabbed all six winners in Santa Anita’s popular Pick Six on Friday, creating a carryover to Saturday of $65,372 and the prospect of a total Pick Six pool of $500,000.
Saturday’s Pick Six will cover races five through 10, with two of those, the Robert B. Lewis (sixth) and the Strub (eighth) Grade II stakes.
LA SOMBRE MAKES GOOD ON CHANGE WITH SCORE IN SANTA ANITA’S ARISTOTLE ALLOWANCE PURSE
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2012) – Scratched from last Sunday’s one mile, $100,000 Valentine Dancer Stakes to run in Friday’s $70,150 Aristotle Purse, La Sombre enhanced her reputation for consistency with a clear-cut victory as the odds-on favorite in the competition for fillies and mares at 6 ½ furlongs over Santa Anita’s hillside turf course.
Under a vigorous hand ride by Martin Garcia, the 5-year-old California-bred daughter of Unusual Heat defeated 7-2 second-choice Lofty Ambition by 1 ½ lengths while running the distance in 1:12.66. Longshot There Is No Limit finished third, another 2 ¼ lengths back in the field of 10.
Soaring Empire Breezes for Likely Start in Donn Handicap
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Ol Memorial Stables and C.E. Glasscock’s 5-year-old Soaring Empire breezed five furlongs in 1:01 flat Friday morning at Gulfstream Park, and trainer Cam Gambolati confirmed him as a probable starter in the $500,000 Donn Handicap (G1) to be run Saturday Feb. 11 at 1 1/8 miles.
A son of Empire Maker, Soaring Empire finished fourth Jan. 14 behind Jackson Bend in the Hal’s Hope Stakes (G3) going one mile over the track in his first start since winning the Majestic Light Stakes going 1 1/16 miles at Monmouth Park on July 31. He made a bold bid to the lead in mid-stretch of the Hal’s Hope before giving under jockey Julien Leparoux, who will have the mount in the Donn.
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Friday February 3, 2012
ROUSING SERMON HOPES TO TURN THE TABLES ON LIAISON IN GRADE II LEWIS
Rousing Sermon, a California-bred colt by Lucky Pulpit, was beaten a diminishing neck by Liaison in the Grade I CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park on Dec. 17. Each carried 121 pounds in the mile and one-sixteenth race that drew a field of 13 on Cushion Track.
Tomorrow, the two Triple Crown prospects renew their rivalry in the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes with one difference: Rousing Sermon gets a break in the weights.
CASSE PRIMED FOR HARDWARE QUEST ON FESTIVAL PREVIEW DAY
Shipping four horses into a track for three major stakes races on a single day – from two training sites – is a major organizational challenge.
But it’s one trainer Mark Casse and his staff welcome, because it signifies the stable’s ability to compete at the top level of Thoroughbred racing.
“It’s why we do what we do. The people who work for us love it, too,” said Casse, who will saddle 3-year-old colt Prospective in the Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes; 5-year-old mare Exclusive Love in the Grade III, $150,000 Endeavour Stakes; and a pair of 3-year-old fillies, Northern Passion and Dixie Strike, in the $150,000 Florida Oaks.
Calder Casino & Race Course Announces 2012 Stakes Schedules
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Feb. 3, 2012) – Calder Casino & Race Course announces its stakes schedules for the 2012 Calder and Tropical meets as it prepares to start this year’s live racing season on April 9. Calder hosts two consecutive meets: the 85-day Calder Meet from April 9 to Aug. 31; and the 65-day Tropical Meet from Sept. 1 to Dec. 2.
The Calder Meet will be jump-started with three exciting stakes in the month of April, including the return of the Calder Derby (April 14) and Calder Oaks (April 28) after a one-year absence. The Calder Derby, for 3-year-olds going a mile and a sixteenth on the turf, has a $150,000 purse and the Calder Oaks carries a $100,000 purse for 3-year-old fillies, also going a mile and a sixteenth on the turf. The $125,000 Miami Mile Handicap (G3) at a mile on turf for 3-year-olds and up will be run on April 21.
WITHERS DAY TO INCLUDE $98K DOUBLE PICK 6 CARRYOVER
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The Saturday Pick 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack will feature a $98,922 double Pick 6 carryover and three stakes, including the 132nd running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Withers.
The sequence begins with race 5, which has a scheduled post time of 2:13. The Withers, the fifth leg of the Pick 6, is headed by Godolpin Racing’s Alpha, who looks to post consecutive stakes victories at the Big A, having taken the Count Fleet on January 7.
MOREY FAMILY ENJOYS WINNING DAY AT GGF
ALBANY -- The Morey family enjoyed a big Friday afternoon at Golden Gate Fields as veteran trainer William J. Morey, Jr. saddled one winner and his son, trainer William E. Morey, sent out a pair of winners.
William J. Morey took the first race on the eight-race card with Grantmartyamiracle ($5.20). The 8-to-5 second choice in the betting, Grantmartyamiracle captured the
5 1/2-furlong race for 3-year-old fillies by 1 1/4 lengths under jockey Russell Baze.
Carmel Heitzmann, Badly Injured Last Season, Prepares to Run Marathon for Horse Rescue
NEW ORLEANS (Friday, February 03, 2012) – What a miraculous comeback year it has been for Fair Grounds-based horsewoman Carmel Heitzmann!
Severely injured when kicked by a horse in front of the Fair Grounds stands last Feb. 17, Heitzmann’s life was in jeopardy during those first critical hours and days, but following exploratory surgery that led to the removal of 24 inches of her colon, the wife of local trainer Eric Heitzmann was released from the hospital 10 days later.
