PICKS FOR THE BIG GAME
Horsemen, racing office and front side staff were asked for their picks to win the 2019 Super Bowl. Here were there responses:
Linda Anderson (racing office) Manchester United: “The greatest football team of all time.”
Jose Bautista (trainer) Rams: “I’m rooting for the California team.”
Tina Bryant (racing office) Patriots: “Tom Brady…what can you say?”
Abel Cedillo (jockey) Rams: “The Patriots have won a bunch already….so I will root for the Rams.”
Matt Dinerman (announcer) Patriots: “All my family is from Massachusetts so if I don’t want to get shunned from my family for the day I have to root for them.”
Tom “Bomber” Doutrich (jockey agent) Patriots: “One word…Brady.”
David Duggan (General Manager and Vice President) “No pick from me…but I am very much looking forward to an empty 580 [freeway] on the way home. This is the one day of the year where the roads are empty.”
Carrie Fawcett (racing office) Patriots: “Tom Brady is great.”
Ricky Gonzalez (jockey) Patriots: “Tom Brady is the GOAT [greatest of all time].”
Roger Hansen (trainer) Patriots: “I don’t think New England is getting beat.”
Brent Harmon (jockey agent) Rams: “According to [trainer] Anthony Stabile, I picked [The Rams] because I’m brain dead.”
Ari Herbertson (trainer) Rams: “I want to see someone new win.”
Juan Hernandez (jockey) Patriots: “I like them more than the other team.”
Bob Hess Sr. (trainer) “The way the refs are calling ’em…who knows?”
Ryan Hilton (marketing manager) Rams: “I like their coach and the quarterback went to Berkeley.”
Lisa Jones (racing office) Rams: “The Rams will win because of Todd Gurley.”
Vince Jones (broadcast department) Patriots: “They win every year!”
Sergio Ledezma (trainer) Rams: “They’re from California.”
Dan Markle (trainer) Patriots: “The Rams are lucky to be in the Super Bowl because of the bad call in the NFC championship. They’ve got bad karma. Patriots for me.”
Bill “The Mate” McClean (trainer) Rams: “I’m just hoping the Rams win. New England has been pretty lucky in the Super Bowl. Rams….28 to 24.”
Monty Meier (trainer) Patriots: “Brady ranks up there with one of the best that ever played.”
Fernando “Shoes” Navarro (jockey agent) Rams: “Anybody but Brady.”
Aggie Ordonez (trainer) Patriots: “It’s karma. The refs made a bad call [in the NFC championship game] and it cost the [New Orleans] Saints the game. The Rams won that game and got into the Super Bowl. So I think they’ll lose this game.”
Irving Orozco (jockey) Rams: “I’m from LA…they are my team.”
Kevin Orozco (jockey) Rams: “Any LA team is a team I root for.”
Dennis Patterson (jockey agent) Patriots: “Tom Brady went to my high school.”
Ricardo Perez (trainer) Patriots: “I made a bet with [trainer] Jose Bautista for fun. He’s going with the Rams and I’m going with the Patriots.”
Ferrin Peterson (jockey) Patriots: “I always root for the Patriots.”
Andreas Psarras (trainer) Rams: “I don’t like the Patriots. They beat my [Kansas City] Chiefs!
Jerry Puertas (trainer) Patriots: “I made a good amount of money on the Patriots 15 years ago and have rooted for them ever since.”
Merry Scalzo (administration) Rams: “The quarterback went to Cal Berkeley, which is where I went to college, and so did the running back. I’m sticking with my Cal team.”
Morgan Schlesser (racing office) Rams: “My hate for the Rams supersedes my hate for Tom Brady.”
Mary Ellen Silva (assistant trainer) Patriots: “Tom Brady is old and so am I. I root for the oldies!
Austin Solis (jockey) Rams: “The Patriots win every year. And the Rams are from LA…and I’m from LA.”
Sam Spear (media legend) Patriots: I’m a big Brady fan. But I like both quarterbacks and I hope it’s a good game.”
Anthony Stabile (trainer) Patriots: “The Patriots are as sure to win as I am eating a full plate of linguini and claims with white sauce.”
Jonathan Wong (trainer) Rams: “I want to see the young team win; they’ve got a young coach and a young quarterback.”
Please note there is an early first post time on Sunday of 11:15 AM PT. Kick off for the game is 3:30 PM PT.
LATE PICK 5 CARRYOVER HIGHLIGHTS THURSDAY CARD
This Thursday, Golden Gate Fields offers a $32,723 carryover in the Late Pick 5. The Late Pick 5, a fifty cent minimum bet, goes as races 3-7 on the seven race program. Post time for Race 3 (the first leg) is 1:45 PM PT. Golden Gate also offers a Super High Five carryover in Race 3 of $3,993. The Super High Five in Race 3 will only remain prominent on the wagering menu if the race goes with all 7 starters. If there is a scratch, then the wager (and carryover) moves to Race 5.
Track officials expect there to be at least $150,000 new money added into the Late Pick 5 pool. However, with major tracks like Aqueduct and Laurel Park canceling due to poor weather, there is reason to believe that new money put into the Late Pick 5 pool will be much greater.
Meanwhile, the Golden Pick Six jackpot pool continues to increase. Heading into Thursday’s card, the pool sits at $77,127.
FINISH LINES: Abel Cedillo continues to lead in the jockey standings while Jonathan Wong sits atop the trainer standings…Wong confirmed earlier this week that recent starter allowance winner Mayor Cobb is pointing for the El Camino Real Derby. As a 2-year-old, Mayor Cobb ran third in the Gold Rush Stakes…El Camino Real Derby probable Anothertwistafate worked a bullet five furlongs in 59.40 seconds for trainer Blaine Wright on Sunday morning. The son of Scat Daddy was purchased for $360,000 as a 2-year-old and is a perfect 2 for 2 on the Golden Gate main track…Another El Camino Real Derby contender who worked Sunday morning was Magnificent McCool, a Doug O’Neill trainee who drilled six panels at Santa Anita in 1:14.80. Magnificent McCool recently broke his maiden in a two turn turf event at ‘The Great Race Place”…More noteworthy horses who put up Sunday workouts: stakes winner Whatwasithinking (3F in 38 seconds for trainer Frank Lucarelli), stakes performer Daddysprize (3F in 37.20 for Tim McCanna), and the Blaine Wright stakes winning duo of Alliford Bay (4F in 48.80) and Anyportinastorm (4F in 49.40). All four aforementioned runners have taken time off and are back in training after their respective vacations.