Charles Town Races in West Virginia has added a late pick five to its wagering menu that will have a 12 percent takeout, the track announced Tuesday.
The pick five will cover the last five races of the card, Charles Town said, and will have a 50-cent base increment. If no one picks all five winners, then 75 percent of the pool will carry over to the next card’s late pick five, with the remainder distributed to those that selected the most winners in the series.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario reported in a Monday press release that there are 20 confirmed cases of equine herpesvirus in Barn 12 at Woodbine. One horse was euthanized as a result of the neurological disease.
All 59 horses residing in Barn 12 have been tested, and the effected horses are either in isolation or have been sent to the Ontario Veterinary College for treatment. The horses who tested negative will be retested Tuesday.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Woodbine Entertainment has announced that the prestigious Queen’s Plate, North America’s oldest annually run stakes, has been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12, at Woodbine.
The $1 million event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally scheduled for June 27.
Love Wins, a California-bred filly by Haynesfield, won the first race for 2-year-olds in Southern California this year in Sunday’s second race.
Trained by Luis Mendez for CTR Stable, Love Wins won a maiden special weight race for fillies at 4 1/2 furlongs by 3 3/4 lengths, in 53.79 seconds. A slight favorite, Love Wins ($6.80) disputed the early pace and pulled clear to beat 8-1 Miz Lola La Dare in a field of six.
Love Wins was purchased for $23,000 at the Fasig-Tipton California fall yearling sale last September.
Bellafina was second in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita last November, her best result in the second half of 2019. This year, the same race at Keeneland in November is a long-term goal, trainer Simon Callaghan said Sunday evening after Bellafina’s win in the Grade 3 Desert Stormer Stakes at Santa Anita.
Jockey Flavien Prat had a quick commute on his way to making Santa Anita history on Sunday.
Prat is staying in an RV in a track parking lot on race nights during the coronavirus outbreak, a short walk to the jockeys’ room. That path led Prat to a career-best day Sunday in which he won six times from nine mounts on a 10-race program.
“It was one of those days when everything worked out,” Prat said late Sunday afternoon. “It was really nice.”
Tiz the Law is ready to go home.
Trainer Barclay Tagg said Monday that in light of the recent announcement that racing will begin again at Belmont Park the first week of June, he is tentatively planning to ship Tiz the Law and the rest of his stable back to New York on June 1.
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, whose 22 meet titles are most in Churchill history, is looking to overtake Dale Romans for most overall wins under the twin spires. Asmussen trails Romans by a 737-730 count after both went winless on opening weekend.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. – Chimney Rock reversed his defeat to Four Wheel Drive in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint last fall when he got up in the final strides Sunday to win a $58,309 turf-sprint allowance for 3-year-olds. Chimney Rock, a Louisiana-bred, earned a career-high 87 Beyer Speed Figure.
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Cherie DeVaux and Churchill go together just swell. The 38-year-old New Yorker registered the only training double of the Saturday opener when sending out Dinar ($7.20) and Reagan’s Edge ($27) to win off-the-turf allowances.
DeVaux began a solo career in May 2018 after nearly eight years as an assistant to Chad Brown. Her only prior two-win day came on closing weekend of the 2019 Churchill fall meet. She had hoped to enjoy a productive winter when based at Payson Park, but her stable went 1 for 25 at Gulfstream Park.
