Roman four-bagger helps trigger two-day Pick 6 carryover
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Four victories Thursday by Evin Roman, one of them worth a $65.80 mutuel, helped produce a massive two-day Pick Six carryover into Friday of $266,793.
The 19-year-old apprentice rider from Puerto Rico, a proverbial “overnight sensation” under agent Tony Matos, won the first race on South Americain at $44; the fourth aboard Getoffmyback at $65.80; the fifth on Wonderful Lie at $7.80; and the eighth aboard Reverend Al at $8.40.
Getoffmyback was a huge overlay. Listed at 6-1 on the morning line, the four-year-old California-bred gelding owned by Gary Barber went off at five times that price.
“Evin’s been riding well and this is his third four-bagger,” pointed out Matos. “He’s had an amazing year. Every meet has been a great meet. It was great for him to win the Santa Anita title (sharing the Spring Meet crown with Flavien Prat at 41 wins each); he won both Los Alamitos titles and he was second at Del Mar.
“He’s a very good apprentice with a big future. Every time he breaks out of the gate, he breaks on top. I give a lot of credit to the jockey school in Puerto Rico which he attended.”
The Escuela Vocacional Hipica is the same school attended by brothers Jose and Irad Ortiz Jr., both world-class riders from Puerto Rico who are based on the East Coast.
BARGAIN CLAIM ‘GOING RIGHT’ FOR SADLER
With any kind of luck, Edwards Going Left could be on a five-race winning streak when he runs in Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000 Win and You’re In Santa Anita Sprint Championship.
As it is, the son of champion sprinter Midnight Lute claimed by John Sadler for principal clients Kosta and Peter Hronis for $50,000 from his first race last Feb. 9 has won four straight, one via disqualification. He was third when blocked in the stretch in the Real Good Deal Stakes July 28, beaten only two lengths.
“We’ve already won four races; he should have won five,” Sadler said of the three-year-old California-bred gelding, alluding to the Real Good Deal. “We’ve been entering him an allowance race that didn’t fill, so we opted for the stake.”
The field for the Santa Anita Sprint Championship at six furlongs: Ransom the Moon, Flavien Prat, 5-2; Giant Expectations, Gary Stevens, 3-1; Edwards Going Left, Tyler Baze, 10-1; American Anthem, Mike Smith, 3-1; Mr. Hinx, Drayden Van Dyke, 15-1; and Roy H, Kent Desormeaux, 8-5.
JOHN MORRIS GOLF CLASSIC BENEFITS PERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS’ FUND
The sixth annual John Morris Golf Classic, originally staged in Lexington, Ky., will be held for the first time at Santa Anita Golf Course in Arcadia on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Proceeds will benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys’ Fund (PDJF), Easter Seals Cardinal Hill and Project Walk (Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Center). One hundred percent of the charity proceeds will go to benefit these three charities.
Tournament registration is at 10:30 a.m., with an 18-hole shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Fees also include cart, lunch, refreshments, prizes and there will be a reception (that includes a silent auction) immediately following the tournament. Prices are $175 per player or $600 per team. All fees must be paid by Oct. 10 in order to participate.
FINISH LINES: Attention horsemen—The Barretts Fall Yearling and Horses of All Ages Sale will be conducted Tuesday, Oct. 17 at Fairplex Park. “Game time” is 11 a.m. . . . Win the Space, who outran his odds of 25-1 finishing third by a length and a half in the Awesome Again Stakes, is being considered for either the Breeders’ Cup Classic or the Dirt Mile, trainer George Papaprodromou said . . . Having withdrawn his appeal of a suspension issued on Aug. 20, Rafael Bejarano will serve the three days Oct. 14, 15 and 19 . . . Ditto for Drayden Van Dyke, who will serve the same three days after withdrawing an appeal handed down Aug. 13 . . . Ernie Banks, an unraced maiden named for the late, great Chicago Cubs’ shortstop, has been shipped by trainer Steve Miyadi to Golden Gate Fields, where perhaps the two-year-old bay Grazen colt owned and bred by Nick Alexander can one day “run like the old man and play two,” Alexander said.
Source: Santa Anita Park
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