Friday’s Gulfstream 2 Dollar Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $2 Million, Nine-Race Program Also Marks Return of National Stronach 5 $100,000 Guaranteed Pool
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – After going unsolved for the 15th consecutive racing day Wednesday, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have its jackpot pool guaranteed at $2 million when live racing returns to Gulfstream Park with a nine-race program Friday, June 5.
There will also be a Super Hi 5 carryover of $3,285.17.
The Rainbow 6 was last cashed for a $31,476.56 mandatory payout May 9. Multiple tickets with five winners Wednesday were each worth $1,856.80.
In the Rainbow 6, the carryover jackpot is only paid out 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.
Friday’s Rainbow 6 sequence opens in Race 4, a maiden special weight for 3-year-olds and up sprinting five furlongs on the grass. Morris Bailey’s Troubled Affair, a first-time starter by Munnings, is the 5-2 program favorite on the turf while Sagamore Mischief, one of two horses entered for main track only, is 2-1 to graduate in his ninth try if the race is moved to the dirt.
Doubledown Stables Inc.’s Azrael, running first time for trainer Larry Rivelli, is favored at 8-5 on the morning line in Race 6, an entry-level optional claiming allowance for Florida-bred 3-year-olds and up scheduled for a mile on the grass. Another optional claiming allowance for horses 3 and older, this one going five furlongs on turf, drew a field of nine in Race 8.
The Stronach 5 is Back – Returns Friday June 5
Races from Laurel, Gulfstream, Golden Gate & Santa Anita
$100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout
Three Races Scheduled on Turf
InTheMoneyPodcast with Kinchen & Fornatale
The Stronach 5, which has consistently offered a strong return on investment, returns Friday with a $100,000 guaranteed pool, an industry-low 12-percent takeout, and races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita Park.
The five-race sequence will begin at approximately 3:51 ET when 11 maiden 3-year-olds go to post in Laurel’s seventh race, a 1 1/16 miles turf event. Laurel’s eighth race, also a turf event, will serve as the third leg of the Stronach 5. The sequence will conclude with Santa Anita’s fourth race, a turf event for fillies and mares.
Friday’s races and sequence
Leg One – Laurel Park 7th Race: (11 entries, 5 1/2 furlongs turf) 3:51 ET, 12:51 PT
Leg Two – Gulfstream Park 9th Race: (9 entries, 1 1/16 mile) 4:13 ET, 1:13 PT
Leg Three – Laurel Park 8th Race: (13 entries, 1 1/16 mile turf) 4:25 ET, 1:25 PT
Leg Four – Golden Gate Fields 3rd Race: (8 entries, 5 furlongs) 4:54 ET, 1:54 PT
Leg Five – Santa Anita Park 4th race: (9 entries, 1 mile turf) 5:09 ET, 2:09 PT
Fans can watch and wager on the action at 1/ST.COM/BET as well as stream all the action in English and Spanish at LaurelPark.com, SantaAnita.com, GulfstreamPark.com, and GoldenGateFields.com.
The minimum wager on the multi-race, multi-track Stronach 5 is $1. If there are no tickets with five winners, the entire pool will be carried over to the next Friday.
If a change in racing surface is made after the wagering closes, each selection on any ticket will be considered a winning selection. If a betting interest is scratched, that selection will be substituted with the favorite in the win pool when wagering closes.
The Maryland Jockey Club serves as host of the Stronach 5.
Gulfstream Park Press Release
