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Mandatory Jackpot Pick 6 Payout On Closing Day At Ellis Park
Mandatory Jackpot Pick 6 Payout On Closing Day At Ellis Park originally appeared on Paulick Report. Ellis Park Racing & Gaming will close out its 25-day season this weekend with three days of live racing beginning Friday at 11:50 a.m. (all times Central). Sunday's finale will feature mandatory payouts in all wagers, including the 20-cent Dade Park 6 Jackpot, which carried a pool of $154,672 into the start of racing on Dade Park 6, a 20-cent minimum wager with a 15% takeout, pays out the entire jackpot to a single winning ticket with all six winners. On days with multiple winning combinations, 90% of the pool is distributed, with 10% carrying over. If no one selects all six winners prior to Sunday, the entire jackpot will be forced out on closing day. The featured race of closing weekend is the 21st running of the $150,000 Ellis Park Turf Stakes, scheduled as Race 8 on Sunday's card with a 3:12 p.m. post at 1 1/16 miles, the Ellis Park Turf Stakes is headlined by Foster Family Racing, William Wargel, Eckrich Racing, and Maxis Stable's multiple stakes-winning 4-year-old by Eric Foster, Everland will return to turf after finishing fifth nine days ago in the Groupie Doll Stakes. She previously scored victories in the Likely Exchange Stakes and Bourbonette Oaks on the Tapeta surface at Turfway Park. Corey Lanerie is named to ride the 7-5 morning line favorite from post No. 8. Foster also entered Maxis Stable, Foster Family Racing, and Chris Vitale's Maxisuperfly, who makes her 4-year-old debut after winning the 2024 Cincinnati Trophy Stakes. The daughter of Optimizer will break from the rail with jockey Luan Machado at odds of complete field for the Ellis Park Turf Stakes from the rail out (with jockey, trainer, and morning line odds): Maxisuperfly (Machado, Foster, 8-1) Hope Mission (Tyler Gaffalione, Brendan Walsh, 2-1) Rose Palace (James Graham, Fernando Bahena, 20-1) Cozee Rags (Rafael Bejarano, Brian Michael, 10-1) Poppy the Princess (Irving Moncada, Troy Newton, 8-1) Faith Understood (Edgar Morales, Dana Hancock, 15-1) Next Up (Mario Gutierrez, Matt Sims, 10-1) Everland (Lanerie, Foster, 7-5) Fans on track this weekend can take part in several promotions, including the finals of the popular Wiener Dog and Corgi Races Saturday afternoon, following the last race. Sunday's program will also be the final Kentucky HBPA Dollar Day of the season, with discounted food and beverages offered throughout the the final weekend of the meet, Tyler Gaffalione led the jockey standings with 25 wins, ahead of Brian Hernandez Jr. with 19 and last year's leading rider, Jaime Torres, with 18. Steve Asmussen, who tied Brendan Walsh for the leading trainer title in 2024, held a 13-10 advantage over Walsh heading into the final three days. Brad Cox, David Jacobson, Brian Lynch, and Kenny McPeek were tied for third with eight wins. In the owner standings, Godolphin held a 6-4 edge over Ellis Park races are available to watch and wager on at the official wagering provider of Churchill Downs Incorporated. Live, on-site coverage will be available all weekend on FanDuel TV. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Aug 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
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08-06-2025
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Joe Shiesty Speeds Gate To Wire In Mighty Beau
Joe Shiesty Speeds Gate To Wire In Mighty Beau originally appeared on Paulick Report. In his 4-year-old debut, Joe Shiesty shot to the front out of the gate and had enough left to withstand a late surge from favored Arrest Me Red to win Saturday's ninth running of the $224,670 Mighty Beau Stakes (L) by a neck at Churchill Downs. Advertisement Joe Shiesty, trained by Eric Foster, ran five furlongs on firm turf in a stakes record :55.87 under Luan Machado to collect his second career stakes win for owners Brooklyn Foster's Foster Family Racing, Lonnie Reynolds, Vicki Mills and Donald Coomes. He eclipsed Forgive's 2017 mark of :56.31. 'He broke so well and took me right to the lead,' Machado said. 'I remember the first time I rode him Eric told me he's the 'fastest horse in North America.' He was right. We went 20 seconds for a quarter-mile at Keeneland. He showed that speed today early without me even asking him. He's a very talented horse and can run well on any surface.' Joe Shiesty, who zipped early fractions of :21.56 and :43.98 while breaking from post No. 5, earned $135,245 for the win and improved his career record to 5-2-1 in 13 starts with earnings of $553,056. Sent to post as the 3-1 second betting choice in the field of eight older horses, Joe Shiesty paid $8.54, $4.34 and $3.38. Arrest Me Red, the 2-1 favorite who closed for second under Luan Machado, returned $3.80 and $2.86. Run Carson, at odds of 7-2, was another 2 ¼ lengths back in third under Adam Beschizza and paid $3.26 to show. Advertisement Epic Ride, Champlin, Charcoal, Balsa and All Jokes Aside completed the order of finish. Doncho and Lunar Module were scratched. At age 3, Joe Shiesty won the $300,000 William Walker at Churchill Downs. Saturday was Joe Shiesty's first race in 195 days since finishing second in an allowance at Churchill Downs during the Fall Meet. 'We just wanted to do whatever was right for Joe Shiesty,' Foster said. 'We took our time after he had surgery at the end of the Fall Meet here at Churchill. When he breaks well, he's going to make it hard on everyone else. It's a joy to have some good horses to go along in your barn. It's nice to have some horses you can count on like Joe Shiesty. I knew if he broke good today he was going to be extremely tough. The five-eighths distance fit him perfectly coming off a break. Regardless of how far they were going, he was going to break well and go hard out front. I think he was just getting a little tired at the end and we'll look for him to be even stronger next time.' A gelded son of Air Force Blue out of the More Than Ready mare Ready to Unleash, Joe Shiesty was bred in Kentucky by Rodney E. Orr. Advertisement The Mighty Beau is named in honor of graded stakes winner Mighty Beau, who boasted a record of 75-12-19-10—$646,000 from 2001-08. The Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Rainbow Prospect made a record five starts in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint (then known as the Aegon Turf Sprint) from 2002-06, winning the race in 2005 at age 6 for owners Mike Cloonan and Anthony Carolan, trainer Jeff Mullins and jockey Pat Valenzuela. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jun 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
