Gomez Enjoys Four-Win Day Saturday at Laurel
Gomez Enjoys Four-Win Day Saturday at Laurel
Captures 10th Race Feature Aboard Clever Triad
Trio of Carryovers for Sunday’s 10-Race Card
LAUREL, MD – Laura McKinney’s homebred Clever Triad sprinted to front-running 1 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s featured eighth race to cap a four-win afternoon for jockey Kevin Gomez.
Sent off at 5-1 in a field of eight 3-year-olds and up for the $42,000 entry level allowance, Clever Triad ($13.20) ran 5 ½ furlongs in 1:01.99 over a firm Bowl Game turf course for his second win from seven career starts.
On a day where the temperature reached the mid-90s, Gomez also finished first aboard Tiz Emily and Jill ($6.20) in the second race, 2-year-old Stay Thirsty colt Alwaysmining ($8.20) in the fourth and Lily Rae ($12) in the sixth.
“Thank God, everything came together and we had a good day today. Hopefully we can keep it going,” Gomez said. “It’s very hot out there. Some horses are winning from in front and some are getting tired the last part and getting beat at the wire. It played good for me today, so I’m glad.”
Live racing returns to Laurel with an 10-race card Sunday featuring carryovers in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 (Races 5-10), 50-cent Late Pick 5 (6-10) and $1 Super Hi-5.
The Late Pick 5, featuring an industry-low 12 percent takeout, has a carryover of $2,492.80 after tickets with three of five winners returned $51.90 Saturday. Tickets with four of six winners were worth $194.68 in the Rainbow 6, which will have a carryover of $1,910.20.
Sunday’s opener will have a carryover of $970.19 in the Super Hi-5. First race post time is 1:10 p.m.
