Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Saturday
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Saturday
Daylight Ahead Posts Upset in Friday Feature
Laurel Hosts Decanter Wine Festival Saturday
Karamanos Wins Twice, Pimentel Returns from Injury
LAUREL, MD – There will be carryovers in both the 20-cent Rainbow 6 and $1 Super Hi-5 wagers for Saturday’s 10-race program at Laurel Park.
First race post time is 1:10 p.m.
No one selected all six winners in the Rainbow 6 Friday, producing a carryover of $1,838.01. The popular multi-race wager will span Races 5-10 and includes the 14th running of the $75,000 Dahlia Stakes for females 3 and up going one mile on the grass in Race 6.
The Super Hi-5 will have a carryover of 1,007.08 into Saturday’s opener.
Bolstered by a carryover of $8,609.92, the 50-cent Pick 5 returned $3,948.55 on Friday.
Laurel will host the sixth annual Decanter Wine & Racing Festival from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. For more information, such as ticket options and prices, go to www.decanterwinefestival.com.
Daylight Ahead Posts Upset in Friday Feature
Winners Circle Partners VIII’s Daylight Ahead took the lead turning for home and sprinted clear down the stretch to win Friday’s featured eighth race, a $42,000 optional claiming allowance for 3-year-old fillies going six furlongs on the main track.
Sent off at 14-1, Daylight Ahead ($31.40) was making her third career start since March 1 for trainer Hugh McMahon. The winning time was 1:12.84 over a fast main track.
Front-running Wilma Lynn went straight for the lead and took the field through a quarter-mile in 23.33 seconds, a half in 46.99 and five furlongs in 59.56. Daylight Ahead, kept in the clear by Fergal Lynch racing three wide, collared the pacesetter at the top of the stretch and held off Friesan Fire to win.
Note: After winning three races on last Friday’s program, jockey Horacio Karamanos posted a riding double aboard Eleven Cent Fainor ($7.60) in the fifth race and Great Smoke ($3.40) in the sixth. Jockey Fergal Lynch also had two wins, sweeping the late double with Daylight Ahead ($31.40) in the eighth and Manando ($3.20) in the ninth.
Jockey Julien Pimentel, who had been out with a foot injury, returned to ride I’m In in the fifth race, finishing off the board. He was replaced on his remaining two mounts after complaining of soreness in his foot.
