ELMONT, N.Y. - No one solved the pick 6 at Belmont Park over the just-completed three-day race week, resulting in a carryover of $326,010 when racing resumes Wednesday.
There was a carryover of $89,989 entering Sunday’s card after no one hit the wager on Friday or Saturday. There was an additional $414,086 wagered into the pool on Sunday.
Most tickets were dead after the first leg when Magical Tale upset a maiden turf sprint at 52-1, returning $107.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Audible, the Grade 1 Florida Derby winner, worked three furlongs in 38.34 seconds Sunday morning over Belmont Park’s main track. It was his first work since he finished third in the Kentucky Derby on May 5.
“Looks good, gained some weight, filled out nicely, been moving well,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “We’re just off to a starting point. Take it week by week.”
North America's leading 3-year-old filly, Monomoy Girl, turned in her final workout Sunday for the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion, which will be held Saturday at Parx Racing. The Brad Cox-trained daughter of Tapizar is scheduled to be flown from Louisville to Philadelphia on Wednesday along with other Kentucky-based horses scheduled to race on Parx's premier card of the year.
The Rainbow 6 jackpot was hit Saturday at Gulfstream Park, returning $244,778.
The Rainbow 6, which is a 20-cent wager, had not been solved for nine days heading into the card Saturday. The jackpot carryover into Saturday's card was $154,833.
The sequence ran on races 7-12. It opened in the seventh race with $92 winner Independent Worker. The other winners during the sequence were First and Three ($33.40) in the eighth, Richie’s Sister ($47.40) in the ninth, Dreamy Martini ($16.40) in the 10th, American Frolic ($6.80) in the 11th, and First Off ($3) in the 12th.
Gulfstream Park has been posting the weights of starters in each of his races this meet. The horses are weighed on a scale located in the paddock area by racing official George Berry, who then sends the numbers to the graphics department to be posted alongside the odds for the upcoming race. The practice started during the championship meet, but on a limited basis, said Chris Camac, racing secretary at Gulfstream.
“We started in January, just a few races, just a few horses,” he said. “Since April 4, we’ve been weighing every horse, every race.”
It was fitting that Kathleen O’Connell picked up the 2,000th training win of her career with a 2-year-old. She long has enjoyed working with young horses and has had significant success with them on the track.
Wishful Quality lifted O’Connell to the milestone Wednesday at Delaware Park, where the filly won her debut in a photo. Wishful Quality came back along the rail for a head victory in the maiden special weight and returned $53.80.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Jeremiah Englehart will send out three of the seven runners entered for next Wednesday’s $150,000 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes for New York-bred juvenile fillies at seven furlongs.
Englehart on Friday entered Party Like Grandma, winner of the Seeking the Ante Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 25; Ma Meatloaf, runner-up in the Lady Finger Stakes at Finger Lakes on Sept. 8; and Cartwheelin Lulu, a debut winner at Finger Lakes on Aug. 16.
ELMONT, N.Y. – All the ingredients were in place for Diversify to have a strong workout Friday morning, and the multiple graded stakes-winning New York-bred delivered by sizzling five furlongs in 58.90 seconds over Belmont’s main track in preparation for the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept. 29.
Before Friday, Diversify had just one workout since his powerhouse victory in the Grade 1 Whitney on Aug. 4 at Saratoga. Due to several days of wet tracks, Diversify’s last several days consisted mostly of jogging, with the exception of a gallop on Thursday.
