Albany, Calif. (May 13, 2017) — Lady Valeur, trained by Patrick Gallagher, pressed the pace to the half then fought gamely to win the $50,000 Golden Poppy stakes. Lady Valeur was ridden by Ricardo Gonzalez and completed today’s 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1:43.17. The betting favorite awarded players $3.60 for her efforts. Street Surrender, ridden by Julien Couton, was the runner up, but rallied in the stretch to challenge today’s victor. Jockey Couton gave a stellar ride on Street Surrender and paid $5.20 to place. Trained by Simon Callaghan, the third place finisher was Sweet Dragon Fly, who stalked the pace to the second turn, but couldn’t catch leaders to finish 4 lengths back. She rewarded bettors $5.60 for the show.
“The jockey Ricardo put her in a great spot throughout. The second filly ran very well. It was a good stretch battle. When you get second, third and fourth you get disappointed, but then she comes up and wins. Those consistent horses are hard to find,” said Patrick Gallagher.
“She was a really nice filly and I’ve ridden her a couple times before here, but that was on the main track. And on the turf, she steps it up way more. She got out of there really nice and I just sat behind the leader and made my run. The other horse was coming after her, but she was game. I had too much horse for that horse to come back. She kicked right back under as soon as that horse got next to me,” said Jockey Ricardo Gonzalez.
The Golden Pick 6 jackpot was also hit today at Golden Gate Fields with a single ticket paying out $218,795. The Golden Pick 6 Jackpot requires a single winning ticket to take home the grand prize. The Golden Pick-6 was hit today by a unique serial number at Twin Spires Portland. The cost of the winning ticket was $1,152.00, and was worth $218,795.84 to the Winner. The ticket went as follows: 1,2,3,4,5,6/1,3,4,5,7/2,3,4,5,6,7/6/2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11/2,3,4,5
Tomorrow, May 14, is Dollar Day; enjoy a $1 Mimosa, $1 Beer, $1 Hot Dog, $1 General Admission, $1 General Parking, and $1 Program all day long. Live music will run now through the end of the meet on June 18th. Tickets are available online for our Belmont Wine Festival. Come out and celebrate the last leg of the Triple Crown and taste wines from around the world.