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Gonzalo Anteliz Jr. / Eclipse Sportswire & Equibase
There still
will be a mandatory payout Sunday, but hopes of a Rainbow 6 jackpot exceeding
$2 million were dashed when a 20-cent wager turned into a $345,600.26 win Saturday
at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday’s
sequence included the Grade 3, $220,000 Princess Rooney, a Breeders’
win-and-you’re-in won by Soul of an Angel ($6.40), along with the Bob Umphrey
and Ginger Purse, races moved off the turf and contested on the Tapeta. The
third leg of the sequence, a five-furlong turf race for state-bred 3-year-olds
and up also moved to Tapeta, was won by long shot Rouki ($102.80).
Click here for Gulfstream Park entries and results.
The Rainbow
6 sequence Sunday will span races 5-10, kicked off by a $35,000 claimer at a
mile on turf that drew a field of nine 3-year-olds and up in race 5. Nolan
Ramsey-trained Yes This Time, who has won 4 of 8 starts over Gulfstream’s turf,
is rated as the 9-5 morning-line favorite for his return coming off an even
effort against better at Kentucky Downs. Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Treasure
King returns from a brief freshening while drawing the rail post.
Star of
Saturday and jockey Paco López reunite in race 6, a $25,000 claiming event for
fillies and mares at 6 1/2 furlongs on the main track. Bobby DiBona-trained
Star of Saturday captured a first-level, optional-claiming allowance at
Gulfstream on March 15 with López aboard. Joseph-trained Look Like It seeks her
third straight victory following her off-the-board finish on turf in her debut.
A full
field of 3-year-olds and up awaits Rainbow 6 bettors in race 7, a
mile-and-70-yard bottom claimer on Tapeta that likely will be a popular spread
race. Team Valor International’s Tuddenham Mill drops to a career low while
making his second start off a layoff and may deserve to be included at 20-1 on
the morning line.
Joseph-trained
Here’s the Kicker, who came up just a neck short while finishing second at this
level, is rated as the 4-5 morning-line favorite for race 8, a 6 1/2-furlong
maiden special weight test for fillies and mares. Jena Antonucci-trained Tap
Manuka has worked sharply for her debut.
An evenly
matched group of seven 3-year-olds and up will contest race 9, a six-furlong
starter allowance. King Cab will seek his third straight win at this level on
Tapeta while making his first start off the claim by Milton Núñez. The Victor
Barboza Jr.-trained duo of Zydeceaux, who came up a neck short at this level
last time out, and Power Humor, who held reasonably well to finish fourth after
being involved in a race-long duel, should received support.
A $35,000
maiden claimer for 2-year-olds going a mile on turf closes out the Rainbow 6
sequence in race 10. Rohan Crichton-trained Formulate will debut in a field of
10 off a series of strong workouts. Jeremiah O’Dwyer-trained Always True
overcame a bumping start in his debut to finish second, while Bobby
DiBona-trained Super Sailor drops after showing some talent against maiden
special-weight company.
On mandatory-payout days, the entire Rainbow 6 jackpot pool
is paid to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the wager’s six-race
sequence.
The carryover jackpot usually is paid only when there is a
single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique
ticket, 70 percent of that day’s pool normally goes back to those bettors
holding tickets with the most winners, and 30 percent is carried over to the
jackpot pool.
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