Goodonehoney Earns Short Rest Following Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

Journeyman Cintron Celebrates First Win of Latest Comeback

Mandatory Payouts for Special Memorial Day Program May 28

 

BALTIMORE – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot carryover swelled to $261,279.44 for Saturday’s 10-race program after going unsolved Friday at legendary Pimlico Race Course.

 

Three horses were live to take down the jackpot heading into Friday’s ninth-race finale, a five-furlong maiden claimer for females 3 and up moved from the turf to the main track and won by 3-year-old filly Final Fear ($7.60).

 

A total of $63,922 was bet into the popular multi-race wager Friday, adding to a carryover of $240,824.31 from Thursday’s card. Multiple tickets with all six winners were worth $10,227.56.

 

The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 60 percent of that day’s pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 40 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

 

Maryland’s state-record Pick 6 carryover is $345,898.33, reached heading into the April 15 program at Laurel Park. It was solved that day by a single bettor for a jackpot payout of $399,545.94.

 

Saturday’s Rainbow 6 spans Races 5-10 and features three turf races including the featured eighth, a $45,000 second-level optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares 3 and up at five furlongs.

 

Goodonehoney Earns Short Rest Following Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

 

Kasey K Racing Stable, Michael Day and Final Turn Racing Stable’s stakes winner Goodonehoney is expected to return to the track early next week for the first time since having her unbeaten streak snapped when fifth in the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 18.

 

Trainer Jason Egan said Friday he decided to give the 3-year-old filly some extra time following the Black-Eyed Susan, which was her first time going 1 1/8 miles and her first try against graded company in just her third lifetime start.

 

“We just decided to give her a week since we weren’t planning on anything in the immediate future as far as races go, so we gave her the week off to sort of absorb the whole experience,” Egan said. “It was a planned thing. It wasn’t that there’s anything wrong with her; we had some time to do it so we took advantage of it.”

 

The typically front-running Goodonehoney found herself near the back of the field and racing six wide in the Black-Eyed Susan after C.S. Incharge, breaking to her inside, bore out and pushed her into Indy Union out of the gate. An automatic entrant to the Black-Eyed Susan courtesy of her seven-length romp in the April 21 Weber City Miss, she wound up fifth as the 3-1 fourth betting choice.

 

“The day was a bit of a frustration. We didn’t handle the paddock as well as we would have liked which kind of set us back a little bit, and obviously the break was not what we were hoping for … and kind of ruined the trip that we envisioned for her. Then we were kind of wide the whole way,” Egan said. “She had a lot of reasons to kind of throw in the towel and she didn’t. She kept battling, so we give her credit for that. Hopefully it’s a good experience for her in the long run handling all that and she’ll learn from it. She’s a better filly than she showed that day.”

 

Egan was pleased with the way Goodonehoney has looked and acted coming out of the race.

 

“Physically everything looks good. You just kind of wonder about the after effects, mentally, of the whole experience, but so far she seems like she’s doing well. Everything looks good as far as the way she’s traveling and her legs and everything else,” Egan said. “We’re just taking our time with her from this point on. We asked a lot of her in her first three races and we’ll give her probably a couple extra weeks before we start worrying about where our next spot’s going to be. We expect to be back in another big race somewhere down the line.”

 

Two races Egan said the connections are considering are the Mother Goose (G2) June 30 at Belmont Park and the Delaware Oaks (G3) July 7 at Delaware Park. Both are restricted to 3-year-old fillies and run at 1 1/16 miles.

 

“Probably more likely the Delaware Oaks because it gives us a little extra time,” Egan said. “But we’re not committed to anything at the moment.”

 

Journeyman Cintron Celebrates First Win of Latest Comeback

 

Journeyman Alex Cintron, a perennial leading rider in Maryland, earned the first win of his latest comeback guiding Establo G&G’s Maru’s Raven to a 1 ¼-length victory in Friday’s fourth race.

 

Favored in the $18,000 maiden claimer for 3-year-olds and up, Maru’s Raven ($5.80) ran six furlongs in 1:11.45 over a fast main track to graduate in his seventh career try and third this year since joining trainer Jonathan Maldonado.

 

For the 30-year-old Cintron, it was his first victory since Nov. 17, 2017 at Laurel Park, two days before he suffered serious injuries to his face and knee and a broken shoulder blade in a spill at Laurel.

 

Following a lengthy recovery process, complicated by the shifting of facial hardware from a previous accident in the fall of 2014, Cintron returned May 19 at Monmouth Park. He rode for the first time in Maryland Thursday at Pimlico.

 

Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado, who won his 7,000th career race May 15, was waiting with a bucket of water to soak Cintron when he returned to the jockeys’ room following the breakthrough win.

 

“The feeling was unbelievable. I was so excited,” Cintron said. “I want to thank Jonathan because before I started riding [again] he was one of the guys that always told me, ‘Don’t give up. Keep going,’ and I really appreciate the help. He put me on a nice horse and he was in the right spot. It’s good to help break the ice and give me my confidence back.”

 

Special Memorial Day Program to Feature Mandatory Payouts

 

Monday’s special Memorial Day holiday program, which closes the 12-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico, will feature mandatory payouts in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, 50-cent Late Pick 5 and $1 Super Hi-5 wagers.

 

On mandatory payout days, multi-race wagers which offer carryover potential have their entire pools paid out to the holders of tickets with the most winners.

 

The Maryland Jockey Club will remove the maximum wager restriction for the Rainbow 6 on Monday, allowing patrons to wager amounts greater than 20 cents.

 

Laurel Park will open its 40-day summer meet Friday, June 1. Live racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday through July 22 and continue on a Thursday-Sunday schedule through Aug. 19.