SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2020 DERBY DREAMS BORN RAMON DOMINGUEZ GOES TO WORK FOR NEW YORK RACE TRACK CHAPLAINCY OF DOWN ON THE >BAYOU= AMERICA by Bill Finley Ramon Dominguez has not ridden since suffering a head injury in a 2013 spill, but he never did step away from the sport. The Hall of Fame jockey now devotes much of his time to his role as the president of the New York Race Track Chaplaincy of America, a job he took on last month. The work of the racetrack chaplains is always important but never more so than now, as the coronavirus has upended life on the racetrack for many, particularly backstretch workers. The job has thrust Dominguez back into the spotlight as he has done public service announcements for the New York chaplains group, been all over social media and is featured in a press release asking people to make donations. It's about giving back. Cont. p4 Wells Bayou leads throughout in the Louisiana Derby Hodges photography IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Alan Carasso HAGGAS, EUSTACE ENJOYING AUSSIE BOOST William Haggas sent out a group-race double at Rosehill on Saturday, while trainer James Eustace had sons involved in two Given the clamor across social media through the week, one Group 1 wins Down Under. thing was certain heading into Saturday=s GII TwinSpires.com Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Louisiana Derby--there was absolutely no chance that Wells Bayou (Lookin At Lucky) was going to go off at anything approaching his morning line of 8-1. Those that backed him were instead forced to swallow a price in the vicinity of 3-1, but the bay did not let them down, treating his 13 rivals to a front- running, 1 1/2-length beating. Exiting the Feb. 17 GIII Southwest S. in which he laid down swift early fractions before sticking on gamely to be second behind Silver Prospector (Declaration of War), Wells Bayou loomed the speed of the speed and bounced very alertly from gate three. Ny Traffic (Cross Traffic) came across from his double-digit draw to apply some pressure, with Mailman Money (Goldencents) close up and GII Risen Star S. winner Modernist (Uncle Mo) three deep, but prominent. The opening couple of furlongs were traversed in :23.56, but Florent Geroux was able to get Wells Bayou to relax enough through an internal half mile in :48.86, good for a composite six-furlong split of 1:12.42, with little change in the order behind. 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Click for the upper stretch and drew further clear as Ny Traffic exhibited eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. some punch-drunk ways in the latter stages. Modernist plugged away to be third, while Major Fed (Ghostzapper) overcame a poor start and wide run around the second turn to be a very good fourth. Enforceable (Tapit) made eye-catching progress 2--Ny Traffic, 122, c, 3, Cross Traffic--Mamie Reilly, by Graeme around California raider Royal Act (American Pharoah) passing Hall. ($27,000 RNA 2yo '19 EASMAY). O-John Fanelli, Cash is the three-furlong pole and rallied to be fifth. King LLC, LC Racing & Paul Braverman; B-Brian Culnan (NY); AThe plan was to give him another week,@ trainer Brad Cox T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. $200,000. said. AThis spot was more ground which we thought he would enjoy and thought he could establish the lead here. We did some homework on the race to see who was going to be 3--Modernist, 122, c, 3, Uncle Mo--Symbolic Gesture, by running. You try to put together a game plan and sometimes it Bernardini. O-Pam & Martin Wygod; B-Wygod Family, LLC (KY); works and sometimes it doesn=t. In horse racing a lot of time it T-William I. Mott. $100,000. doesn=t. But this time it did. We are really happy with our assistants and everybody involved who do such an incredible Margins: 1HF, 2 3/4, HF. Odds: 3.20, 26.70, 12.10. job. We have a great team in place, and it showed today. We Also Ran: Major Fed, Enforceable, Shake Some Action, Silver just have to figure out how to get him to the first Saturday in State, Chestertown, Royal Act, Social Afleet, Mailman Money, September and not May. It is uncharted territory and we will do Sharecropper, Lynn's Map, Portos. Scratched: Farmington Road, the best we can.@ Mr. Big News. Front-running winner of his debut in the Keeneland slop Oct. 26, he retreated to seventh in a one-mile Churchill Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free allowance over similar underfoot conditions Nov. 30 and was Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by done for the year. He defeated his stablemate Something Fasig-Tipton. Natural (Violence) in a Jan. 26 Oaklawn allowance--also in the mud--and more than held his own last time, going down by just a length. Pedigree Notes: With the victory, Wells Bayou becomes the 54th stakes winner and 35th graded winner for Lookin At Lucky and is bred 4x3 to Danzig. Third dam Miasma is responsible for Mien (Nureyev), the dam of 2008 GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. hero Big Brown (Boundary). Whispering Angel, who was acquired with Wells Bayou in utero for $60,000 at Keeneland November in 2016, is the dam of the 2-year-old filly Romy (Karakontie {Jpn}) and a filly foal of 2020 by Army Mule. Saturday, Fair Grounds TWINSPIRES.COM LOUISIANA DERBY-GII, $1,000,000, Fair Grounds, 3-21, 3yo, 1 3/16m, 1:56.47, ft. 1--WELLS BAYOU, 122, c, 3, by Lookin At Lucky 1st Dam: Whispering Angel, by Hard Spun 2nd Dam: Campy, by Theatrical (Ire) 3rd Dam: Miasma, by Lear Fan 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($50,000 Ylg '18 KEEJAN; $18,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $105,000 2yo '19 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • MARCH 22, 2020 Dominguez cont. from p1 Dominguez is among those spearheading an effort to bolster the food pantry on the Belmont backstretch that so many backstretch workers depend upon. People are being asked to either make an online donation or to drop off food at locations near the track. With racing having shut down in New York, there could soon be a dire need for food and supplies for the workers. "They are, without a question, the backbone of our sport," he said of the backstretch workers. "In times like this, more than ever, we need to come together to see how we can help. When it comes to food, that is our primary basic need. Most of us have access to it and can go to a grocery store. Sometimes these people don't have a car. So we are happy to come together, and when I say we, I mean the whole racing community. The response at this time, when there has been this call to fill these "The backstretch families, I don't see them as separate from food pantries, has been overwhelming.