Jockey Tyler Baze rallied Box Office Star from 6 lengths back to take Sunday's opener
It’s not often that the 5-to-2 morning line favorite goes off at 6-to-1 and wins the race. But that’s exactly what happened when #5 Box Office Star rallied to win Sunday’s first race.
Box Office Star, trained by Tim Yakteen, ran well in his May 25 debut to earn a 70 Beyer Speed Figure. But horses who have that profile aren’t usually profitable bets so I did not fear this gelding.
Instead,
I backed #6 Escaping the Storm and #8 Eisenheim because they were being bet after recent long layoffs. Although they had better long-term angles going for them, they were no match for Box Office Star.
Eisenheim pressed the pace from second then faded in the stretch at 2-to-1 while Escaping the Storm, 3-to-1, rallied up the rail to finish second.
| PGM |
PP# |
NAME |
JOCKEY |
TRAINER |
ODDS |
FN |
| 1 |
1 |
No Caps No Floors (KY) |
Pedroza M |
Machowsky M |
8.70 |
7 |
| 2 |
2 |
Great Raid (KY) |
Rosario J |
Kitchingman A |
2.60 |
6 |
| 3 |
3 |
Learn the Sport (KY) |
Santiago Reyes C |
Abrams B |
27.20 |
3 |
| 4 |
4 |
Justice Reigns (CA) |
Solis A |
Lewis L |
10.90 |
4 |
| 5 |
5 |
Box Office Star (KY) |
Baze T |
Yakteen T |
6.40 |
1 |
| 6 |
6 |
Escaping the Storm (FL) |
Talamo J |
Hess, Jr. R |
3.20 |
2 |
| 7 |
7 |
Bernsie’s Baby (CA) |
Stra K |
Van Berg J |
65.90 |
8 |
| 8 |
8 |
Eisenheim (KY) |
Gomez G |
Sadler J |
2.30 |
5 |
|
|
| Pgm |
Win |
Place |
Show |
| 5 |
$14.80 |
$7.00 |
$4.20 |
| 6 |
– |
$4.80 |
$3.80 |
| 3 |
– |
– |
$9.20 |
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Exotic Payoffs
$1.00 Exacta paid $29.80 (5-6)
$1.00 Superfecta paid $1831.80 (5-
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