SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2019

By Ed Golden —-

• NEW OWNERS ‘BONDE’ WITH TRAINER
• $465,219 AT THE END OF THE ‘RAINBOW’
• MIKE SMITH WORKS PARADISE WOODS

FATHER & SON OWNERS AMONG RACING’S NEW FACES

In a game clamoring for new owners, perhaps no one meets the criteria more than John Del Secco and his father, David, who campaign as Del Secco DCS Racing.

John is an 18-year-old from Pleasanton in Northern California bound for the University of Kentucky as a freshman in August on a scholarship to major in equine science. David runs a construction business in the Bay Area.

Among the horses they own is Sparky Ville, a three-year-old son of Candy Ride entered in Saturday’s Grade III Lazaro Barrera Stakes, and the two-year-old filly Go Big Blue Nation, who has been firing bullets and looms an odds-on choice for her debut in today’s third race.

Both horses are trained by Jeff Bonde. Go Big Blue Nation, a daughter of 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, is named for the University of Kentucky Wildcats.

At Clockers’ Corner this morning, John was proudly sporting the school’s colors, wearing a blue T-shirt with white letters spelling out “Kentucky.”

“My dad always took me to the fairs and I got hooked on it,” said John in explaining his introduction to racing. “That’s how it all started. We met Jeff in Pleasanton four years ago and have 12 horses in training with him now.”

Bonde, 64, a successful fixture in both Northern and Southern California for decades, has Sparky Ville back in a sprint after the chestnut gelding finished sixth in the 1 1/16-mile Golden Gate Derby on April 27.

“This is his distance,” Bonde said of the seven furlong Laz Barrera. “He’s doing well for the race.”

Sparky Ville captured the Grade II San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs Feb. 10 on a wet/fast track, getting up by a nose at 7-1 under Joel Rosario.

RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER REACHES $465,219

For the 15th consecutive racing day, there was no single ticket winner in Santa Anita’s popular 20 cent Single Ticket Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot yesterday, resulting in a Jackpot carryover into Mother’s Day of $465,219.

With $154,251 in “new” money wagered, Saturday’s total Jackpot pool reached $584,251 and although there was no single ticket winner, there were 35 consolation tickets with six winners, each worth $2,355.90.

With a nine-race card on tap today, the $100,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes, slotted as race seven, is the feature. For California-bred or sired fillies and mares at one mile on turf, the Mark Glatt-trained Gypsy Blu is the tepid 5-2 morning line favorite in a field of nine.

Approximate post time for race four, the beginning of the Rainbow Six, is 2:31 p.m. PT.

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FINISH LINES: With Mike Smith aboard, Paradise Woods worked five furlongs this morning in a bullet 1:00.60 for John Shirreffs, who is considering either the Ogden Phipps at Belmont Park June 8 or the Santa Maria Stakes at Santa Anita June 1 for her next race. It was the fastest of 42 drills at the distance, the average time of which was 1:02.68. Streaking Danuska’s Girl, winner of three straight including the Grade III Las Flores last out on April 7, worked five furlongs on the training track in 1:01.40 for this Saturday’s Grade III Desert Stormer Stakes at six furlongs. Regular rider Geovanni Franco was aboard for Jerry Hollendorfer. The Hall of Fame trainer also sent monster mare Vasilika six furlongs on the training track in 1:17.20 for the Grade I Gamely on May 27. In all there were 196 recorded workouts Sunday, 49 on the training track . . . A Ruben Sandwich for the Railbird: The Rule of King’s, winner of Saturday’s second race by 4 1/2 lengths under Ruben Fuentes for trainer Ruben Gomez, was breaking from the number one post position for the fourth consecutive race, losing the previous three but scoring as the favorite in the six furlong claiming race at the $30,000 level . . . Bob Baffert was off for Kentucky this morning after supervising workouts at Santa Anita. The two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer has won the Preakness a record seven times and goes for No. 8 with Improbable in the second jewel this Saturday, May 18. Fans at Santa Anita on Preakness Day can enjoy a Chandelier Room party and a Michelada Rumble and Vintage Car Show, the latter two events in the track’s massive Infield. For details, please visit santaanita.com/events . . . Santa Anita is dark for live racing Monday through Thursday, with live action resuming at 1 p.m. Friday, May 17. Simulcast racing is offered Wednesday and Thursday with free General Admission and free parking. Admission gates open at 10 a.m.

SANTA ANITA STATISTICS
(Current from April 12 through Saturday, May 11)
Jockey Mts 1st 2nd 3rd Win% ITM% Money Won

Rafael Bejarano 66 12 11 12 18% 53% $634,079
Flavien Prat 39 11 11 4 28% 67% $542,115
Tiago Pereira 58 11 4 10 19% 43% $461,792
Ruben Fuentes 60 10 9 9 17% 47% $376,386
Joseph Talamo 52 10 8 8 19% 50% $499,912
Victor Espinoza 29 9 2 2 31% 45% $501,385
Kent Desormeaux 26 8 2 4 31% 54% $326,718
Drayden Van Dyke 41 7 7 6 17% 49% $454,792
Aaron Gryder 43 6 8 3 14% 40% $295,003
Edwin Maldonado 27 6 4 6 22% 59% $200,344
Mario Gutierrez 28 5 7 4 18% 57% $279,269
Martin Garcia 27 4 7 8 15% 70% $260,126
Geovanni Franco 32 3 4 5 9% 38% $198,118
Heriberto Figueroa 25 3 0 0 12% 12% $94,331
Martin Pedroza 20 2 5 3 10% 50% $136,333
Assael Espinoza 23 2 4 4 9% 43% $125,345
Jorge Velez 22 2 3 3 9% 36% $88,086
Brice Blanc 13 2 2 1 15% 38% $120,150

Trainer Mts 1st 2nd 3rd Win% ITM% Money Won

Doug O’Neill 37 12 3 10 32% 68% $502,438
Richard Baltas 33 9 7 3 27% 58% $520,848
John Sadler 27 7 4 6 26% 63% $459,244
Mark Glatt 33 6 8 2 18% 48% $291,994
Philip D’ Amato 31 6 4 1 19% 35% $313,652
J. Keith Desormeaux 15 4 2 2 27% 53% $142,753
Andrew Lerner 7 4 0 0 57% 57% $111,020
Jerry Hollendorfer 22 3 7 2 14% 55% $202,979
Steve Knapp 16 3 3 3 19% 56% $120,216
J. Eric Kruljac 15 3 2 2 20% 47% $150,857
John Shirreffs 12 3 2 1 25% 50% $243,291
William Spawr 11 3 1 3 27% 64% $108,065
Richard Mandella 15 3 1 3 20% 47% $129,902
George Papaprodromou 12 3 0 2 25% 42% $70,662
Tim Yakteen 8 3 0 1 38% 50% $86,793
Bob Baffert 14 2 5 3 14% 71% $175,331
Vladimir Cerin 21 2 4 4 10% 48% $115,546
Michael McCarthy 12 2 3 1 17% 50% $119,713

ABOUT SANTA ANITA PARK
Santa Anita Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, and is one of North America’s top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation The Stronach Group is one of the world’s largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is North America’s premier supplier of virtual online horseracing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.

ABOUT THE STRONACH GROUP
The Stronach Group (TSG) is a world-class entertainment and real estate development company with Thoroughbred horse racing at the core. The company’s mission is executed through the distinct but interconnected pillars of Racing and Gaming, Entertainment, Technology and Real Estate Development. TSG is dedicated to delivering the best in class Thoroughbred horse racing content and operations. The company holds some of the greatest brands in the industry including, Southern California’s Santa Anita Park, “The Great Race Place”; South Florida’s Gulfstream Park, home to the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series and retail destination, The Village at Gulfstream Park; Pimlico Race Course, home of the legendary Preakness Stakes, Laurel Park and Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland; Oregon’s Portland Meadows; and the San Francisco Bay Area’s, Golden Gate Fields. TSG is a leader in digital and mobile wagering technology through its subsidiaries AmTote and Xpressbet and is a major distributor of horse racing content to a global audience through Monarch Content Management. The award winning Adena Springs is the breeding and training facility of The Stronach Group with stables in Kentucky, Florida and Ontario.