Minnesota-bred Mr. Jagermeister retired

Mr. Jagermeister, one of the most successful Minnesota-breds in history, has been retired because of a non-life-threatening injury suffered in a Saturday workout at Tampa as he prepared for a planned run in the Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

Mr. Jagermeister, a 7-year-old horse by Atta Boy Roy, earned $700,839 in winning 13 of 37 starts from ages 2 to 7, including seven statebred stakes. Bred by his co-owner, Kristin Boice, he earned a career-high 100 Beyer Speed Figure in what turned out to be his final race, in a six-furlong allowance Jan. 9 at Tampa.

Trainer and co-owner Valorie Lund called Mr. Jagermeister “a very special horse . . . we’ll be looking for a good place to stand him at stud in a regional market.”

Markhamian to FOY?

Markhamian, a 2 1/2-length winner of the Pasco on Jan. 15 at Tampa, will not be among the Sam Davis entries, although trainer Juan Avila said at Gulfstream last weekend that he will send over Little Vic for owner Victor Martinez, the retired baseball star.

Markhamian has not breezed since winning the seven-furlong Pasco. Avila said the Florida-bred colt exited the race with a minor problem, but he is hopeful of perhaps having the son of Social Inclusion ready for the Fountain of Youth on March 5 at Gulfstream. Private offers to buy the colt from owner Santa Rosa Racing Stables have not been successful.

Avila is part of recent Tampa lore for the raucous celebration he and Martinez and others staged after King Guillermo ran to a 49-1 upset in the 2020 Tampa Bay Derby.

Nine on tap Wednesday

A modest nine-race card that lacks so much as an allowance or maiden-special begins a four-day race week Wednesday at Tampa. First post is 12:15 p.m. Eastern.

Following an 80 percent chance of rain Tuesday, the four turf races carded Wednesday (3, 5, 7, 9) might have to be run on the main track. There is no forecast for rain this week beyond Tuesday.

The Wednesday high will be about 65 degrees, with a slight warming trend as Saturday nears.

◗ Some Tampa bettors vented their dissatisfaction on social media with how the late pick five was handled Sunday by track management. It was only with about 10 minutes to post for the wager that three of the last five races were switched off the turf following minimal rain earlier in the day. Late scratches were still being announced as fans scrambled to change their bets because of the surface switch.

The late pick five handled $328,259 in new bets chasing a carryover of $92,713 from Saturday. Winning 50-cent tickets paid $2,511.45.