At the Gate - Thursday
By Mike Dempsey
There was good news coming out of the Del Mar after the Pick 6 fiasco on Sunday, which was closing day. Del Mar will now pay off those ticket holders that had 5 of 6, each ticket worth $81.60.
Social Media was in an uproar on Sunday after there was no consolation payoff on closing day, despite the fact there were consolation payouts during the meeting.
I posted Del Mar’s statements in yesterday’s column, and to avoid even more bad publicity, they have elected to take the hit and pay off horseplayers.
Here is the latest press release:
Because of the confusion caused by application of the ARCI rule, Del Mar has decided to provide a special payment of $81.60 to those with five of six winners. The track’s pari-mutuel records show that there were 1,095 tickets with five winners and they would have divided 15% of the net pool, which would have amounted to the sum of $89,352.00, or $81.60 per ticket.
The track has set up a series of options for those who correctly bet five of six winners to access their return according to how they made their bets. They include Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) accounts and actual tickets purchased at Del Mar or through brick and mortar satellites or locations.
“We realize the confusion that existed on closing day and we want to make this right for our valued customers,” said Bill Navarro, Del Mar’s director of mutuels. “We not only value our customers, but we also value a sense of fairness. In this case we’re going to say to everyone involved that we hear you and understand how you feel that the letter of the law unfairly affected you. There is no better way to do that than to pay those who believed they had a consolation prize coming their way.”
Del Mar’s Single Ticket Jackpot Pick Six was different from other “Jackpot” arrangements (like those in Northern California and Florida) in that the seaside track paid consolation prizes all along even as the pool grew over the course of its meeting. The Sunday “mandatory payout” was the first of its kind under the new arrangement where the “no consolations” provision took effect.
Those who had selected five of six winners in the December 4 Pick Six wager and bet it through their ADWs can contact their providers and have the consolation prize credited to their accounts. Those who retained their tickets can bring or mail them to Del Mar to receive payment. Those who made the bet but did not retain their tickets can fill out an affidavit with ticket details. Del Mar has methods of tracking each individual ticket.
It was further noted that because the ARCI rule required that the entire pool be paid as it was, those who had consolations along with a winning Pick Six ticket, or tickets, had already received their consolation prizes in the form of a payout that amounted to approximately $2,030 more than would have been realized had the consolations been paid. Such tickets are not eligible for this special distribution as a result.
Del Mar requests that those who believe they are affected by this situation call the track at a special number that has been set up to deal with the situation. That number is: (858) 794-1019. Those mailing tickets to Del Mar should send them to: DMTC, P.O. Box 700, Del Mar, CA 92014-0700 Attn: Accounting Department. All mailings must be postmarked on or before February 15, 2017 to be valid.
That is good news and showed that the power of Twitter can make a change, although I hope in the future tracks will make things clear before the you know what hits the fan.
Here is the opening race from Gulfstream Park to get the day off to a good start:
GP Race 1 Clm $6,250 (12:35 ET)
#2 Crazy Frank C 9-2
#5 Curlin's Gem 7-2
#6 Flashing Cat 5-2
#7 Metroliner 12-1
Analysis: Crazy Frank C was bumped coming out of the gate, stalked the early pace, made a good middle move and weakened to finish fourth last out for this tag. The gelding is bred to handle a wet track and has won 2 of 6 on the off going. He makes his second start off the claim by the Budhoo barn and the 9-2 morning line looks fair enough.
Curlin's Gem made a mild late run to finish fourth last out for this tag going six furlongs. he gets an extra furlong and should get some pace to run at here. He has run pretty well on wet tracks with a win and a couple of thirds in four trips and all three of his career wins have been over the main track here.
Wagering
WIN: #2 to win at 3-1 or better.
EX: 2,5 / 2,5,6,7
TRI: 2,5 / 2,5,6,7 / 2,5,6,7,8
Today’s Featured Race of the Day from Gulfstream Park:
GP Race 9 OClm $12,500N1X (4:32 ET)
#1 Bull Dozer 6-1
#7 Kokomo Wildcat 2-1
#8 Behzad's Pride 10-1
#11 Spintalk 5-1
Analysis: Bull Dozer stalked the early pace and came with a good late rally to just miss by a neck last out against Alw-1 optional claimers at Gulfstream Park West. The gelding makes his third start off the claim by the Navarro barn and is in a softer spot here taking on state breds. We have a good shot of seeing a wet track today and this gelding has landed the exacta in 5 of 7 trips on off going. The barn picked up a couple of wins and a second on opening day and another juicy win in yesterday's opener.
Kokomo Wildcat set the early fractions and battled on gamely in a tough neck loss last out at this level on turf. The third and fourth place finishers in that race came back to win next out. Two and three back this gelding was third and second, running into repeat winners in both of those outings. He is better on the main track and has a runner up finish in two trips over wet tracks and is bred top and bottom to handle a wet track.
Wagering
WIN: #1 to win at 7-2 or better.
EX: 1,7 / 1,7,8,11
TRI: 1,7 / 1,7,8,11 / 1,7,8,9,11
Live Longshots:
These are price plays for exotic players looking to find a couple of extra contenders to use in their trifecta and superfecta wagers. Or for those with smaller bankrolls, you might want to get in a small win-place wager.
Gulfstream Park
R1: #7 Metroliner 12-1
R2: #7 Caddy Cat 8-1
R3: #2 Cowboy’s Hero 8-1
R4: #6 Tommy’s Top Cat 8-1
R5: #12 Taco Wayne’s Shot 10-1
R6: #7 Command Peter 8-1
R8: #3 Rio Vista 10-1
R8: #11 Starship Reina 8-1
R9: #8 Behzad’s Pride 10-1
R10: #4 Sweet Abdication 8-1
R10: #7 Silvera 12-1
Good luck today!
By Mike Dempsey
There was good news coming out of the Del Mar after the Pick 6 fiasco on Sunday, which was closing day. Del Mar will now pay off those ticket holders that had 5 of 6, each ticket worth $81.60.
Social Media was in an uproar on Sunday after there was no consolation payoff on closing day, despite the fact there were consolation payouts during the meeting.
I posted Del Mar’s statements in yesterday’s column, and to avoid even more bad publicity, they have elected to take the hit and pay off horseplayers.
Here is the latest press release:
Because of the confusion caused by application of the ARCI rule, Del Mar has decided to provide a special payment of $81.60 to those with five of six winners. The track’s pari-mutuel records show that there were 1,095 tickets with five winners and they would have divided 15% of the net pool, which would have amounted to the sum of $89,352.00, or $81.60 per ticket.
The track has set up a series of options for those who correctly bet five of six winners to access their return according to how they made their bets. They include Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) accounts and actual tickets purchased at Del Mar or through brick and mortar satellites or locations.
“We realize the confusion that existed on closing day and we want to make this right for our valued customers,” said Bill Navarro, Del Mar’s director of mutuels. “We not only value our customers, but we also value a sense of fairness. In this case we’re going to say to everyone involved that we hear you and understand how you feel that the letter of the law unfairly affected you. There is no better way to do that than to pay those who believed they had a consolation prize coming their way.”
Del Mar’s Single Ticket Jackpot Pick Six was different from other “Jackpot” arrangements (like those in Northern California and Florida) in that the seaside track paid consolation prizes all along even as the pool grew over the course of its meeting. The Sunday “mandatory payout” was the first of its kind under the new arrangement where the “no consolations” provision took effect.
Those who had selected five of six winners in the December 4 Pick Six wager and bet it through their ADWs can contact their providers and have the consolation prize credited to their accounts. Those who retained their tickets can bring or mail them to Del Mar to receive payment. Those who made the bet but did not retain their tickets can fill out an affidavit with ticket details. Del Mar has methods of tracking each individual ticket.
It was further noted that because the ARCI rule required that the entire pool be paid as it was, those who had consolations along with a winning Pick Six ticket, or tickets, had already received their consolation prizes in the form of a payout that amounted to approximately $2,030 more than would have been realized had the consolations been paid. Such tickets are not eligible for this special distribution as a result.
Del Mar requests that those who believe they are affected by this situation call the track at a special number that has been set up to deal with the situation. That number is: (858) 794-1019. Those mailing tickets to Del Mar should send them to: DMTC, P.O. Box 700, Del Mar, CA 92014-0700 Attn: Accounting Department. All mailings must be postmarked on or before February 15, 2017 to be valid.
That is good news and showed that the power of Twitter can make a change, although I hope in the future tracks will make things clear before the you know what hits the fan.
Here is the opening race from Gulfstream Park to get the day off to a good start:
GP Race 1 Clm $6,250 (12:35 ET)
#2 Crazy Frank C 9-2
#5 Curlin's Gem 7-2
#6 Flashing Cat 5-2
#7 Metroliner 12-1
Analysis: Crazy Frank C was bumped coming out of the gate, stalked the early pace, made a good middle move and weakened to finish fourth last out for this tag. The gelding is bred to handle a wet track and has won 2 of 6 on the off going. He makes his second start off the claim by the Budhoo barn and the 9-2 morning line looks fair enough.
Curlin's Gem made a mild late run to finish fourth last out for this tag going six furlongs. he gets an extra furlong and should get some pace to run at here. He has run pretty well on wet tracks with a win and a couple of thirds in four trips and all three of his career wins have been over the main track here.
Wagering
WIN: #2 to win at 3-1 or better.
EX: 2,5 / 2,5,6,7
TRI: 2,5 / 2,5,6,7 / 2,5,6,7,8
Today’s Featured Race of the Day from Gulfstream Park:
GP Race 9 OClm $12,500N1X (4:32 ET)
#1 Bull Dozer 6-1
#7 Kokomo Wildcat 2-1
#8 Behzad's Pride 10-1
#11 Spintalk 5-1
Analysis: Bull Dozer stalked the early pace and came with a good late rally to just miss by a neck last out against Alw-1 optional claimers at Gulfstream Park West. The gelding makes his third start off the claim by the Navarro barn and is in a softer spot here taking on state breds. We have a good shot of seeing a wet track today and this gelding has landed the exacta in 5 of 7 trips on off going. The barn picked up a couple of wins and a second on opening day and another juicy win in yesterday's opener.
Kokomo Wildcat set the early fractions and battled on gamely in a tough neck loss last out at this level on turf. The third and fourth place finishers in that race came back to win next out. Two and three back this gelding was third and second, running into repeat winners in both of those outings. He is better on the main track and has a runner up finish in two trips over wet tracks and is bred top and bottom to handle a wet track.
Wagering
WIN: #1 to win at 7-2 or better.
EX: 1,7 / 1,7,8,11
TRI: 1,7 / 1,7,8,11 / 1,7,8,9,11
Live Longshots:
These are price plays for exotic players looking to find a couple of extra contenders to use in their trifecta and superfecta wagers. Or for those with smaller bankrolls, you might want to get in a small win-place wager.
Gulfstream Park
R1: #7 Metroliner 12-1
R2: #7 Caddy Cat 8-1
R3: #2 Cowboy’s Hero 8-1
R4: #6 Tommy’s Top Cat 8-1
R5: #12 Taco Wayne’s Shot 10-1
R6: #7 Command Peter 8-1
R8: #3 Rio Vista 10-1
R8: #11 Starship Reina 8-1
R9: #8 Behzad’s Pride 10-1
R10: #4 Sweet Abdication 8-1
R10: #7 Silvera 12-1
Good luck today!
