Charles Town has canceled its Wednesday and Thursday cards because the resurfacing of its racing surface has not been completed due to wet weather.
Charles Town last raced April 23. It had planned to do a semi-annual resurfacing of its track and reopen Friday, May 6, but rocks were found in material being added to the racing surface, which required the material to be sifted. Recent rains have delayed completion of the project, and last week’s Friday and Saturday cards were canceled.
The Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles will be run on Nov. 19, the Vinton, La., track announced Tuesday. Exaggerator won the race in 2015, and went on to capture the Santa Anita Derby and run second in the Kentucky Derby.
The Jackpot is the second richest 2-year-old race for Thoroughbreds in the country, according to Delta Downs. It has produced 14 starters for the Kentucky Derby and has traditionally carried eligibility points for the 3-year-old classic at Churchill Downs.
Nyquist, the Doug O’Neill-trained winner of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, arrived on Monday evening at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, the host of the Preakness, and was bedded down in the stall of a former Derby winner who was also trained by O’Neill, according to a release from the track.
The jackpot for the Golden Gate Fields Golden Pick 6 will start at $724,880 when racing resumes Thursday.
The entire pool is paid out only when there is only one ticket selecting all six winners in the wager.
Had the 25-1 shot Informed Lover won Sunday’s final race, it would have triggered a $798,571 payoff, but he finished seventh behind winning favorite Canada. There was a $4,604.90 consolation payout.
There was $137,928 wagered on the 20-cent minimum bet Sunday.
Catalina Red and Sharp Azteca both shipped north from south Florida and won graded stakes races on Derby Day at Churchill Downs for trainer Jorge Navarro, but they will not be going back to Florida.
Navarro said Monday that the two horses were bound for his string at Monmouth Park, where he will have about 65 horses stabled for the upcoming meet.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Kaigun, a horse who appears to thrive on racing, will make his third start in six weeks in Saturday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont Park.
In four starts this year, Kaigun has a head win over Wake Forest in the Grade 2 Pan American and, most recently, a second to Da Big Hoss in the Grade 2 Elkhorn at Keeneland.
“Had he had a better trip, he probably could have won,” said Norm Casse, assistant to his father, Mark. “He’s a horse that’s in really good form. He needs things to set up for him.”
ELMONT, N.Y. – Flintshire, a multiple Group 1 winner, is getting closer to a return to the races as he worked a half-mile in 52.10 seconds Monday morning over a soft Belmont inner turf course. It was his second work since joining trainer Chad Brown’s stable in March.
Like the rest of the turf workers Monday, Flintshire had to breeze around a triple set of orange cones that were up to keep horses from working on the part of the course used for racing. Still, Flintshire, who worked outside of Money Multiplier, got his final quarter in 22.91 seconds.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Adventist, left on the outside looking in for last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, will try to earn consideration for a start in the June 11 Belmont Stakes when he runs in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan at Belmont Park.
Adventist finished third in a trio of stakes this year at Aqueduct, including the Wood Memorial on April 9. He did not have enough qualifying points to make it into the 20-horse field for the Kentucky Derby.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With new rules having been approved in March by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, this is what’s happening with the $686,309 pick six carryover from Kentucky Derby Day:
◗ Half of it ($343,154) is being used in a mandatory-payout pick six with 20-cent increments (called the Single Six) when racing resumes Thursday at 5 p.m. Eastern with an eight-race card (races 3-8).
◗ The other half is being used to seed a new Single Six wager on Friday.
