Trainer Nolan Ramsey had a winner on his birthday when Spy Novel took the 9th at Gulfstream Park. (Coglianese Photo)
Popular Wager’s Jackpot Pool Could Reach $1.25 Million
Analysts Nicoletti, Nadeau Break Down Rainbow 6
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool will be held Sunday at Gulfstream Park.
Post time for the first of 10 races is 12:50 p.m.
The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for seven consecutive racing days following multiple mandatory payouts of $206.30 Aug. 24. Sunday’s pool, which begins with a $131,407.49 carryover from Saturday’s 11-race program, is expected to reach $1.25 million.
Sunday’s Rainbow 6 sequence spans Races 5-10. There will also be a carryover of $8,392.67 in the $1 Super High-5 (Race 10).
Race 5 (2:50 p.m.): One-mile, 70-yard Tapeta claimer for 3-year-olds and up
Arindel’s 6-year-old homebred gelding Merlin, stakes-placed at 3, adds blinkers in his 29th start and second for trainer Carlos David. Though winless in 11 tries on grass, the son of foundation sire Brethren does show three wins from as many attempts on the all-weather Tapeta.
Donald Ming’s Ninja Star rallied to win the 1 1/16-mile Sunshine Turf Jan. 25, which was rained onto the Tapeta course, and looks to improve on a runner-up finish July 18 at a similar condition as Sunday’s race. Double Neat races first off the claim for trainer Nolan Ramsey.
Race 6 (3:28 p.m.): 6 ½-furlong claimer for 2-year-old fillies
A wide-open field of 11 is led by e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Madaket Stables’ 2-1 program favorite Lady Lullaby, who goes turf to dirt off a sixth-place debut finish Aug. 29 for leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr., who clicks at 22 percent with 2-year-olds and maidens second time out. Jockey Reylu Gutierrez wins at a 37 percent clip for Joseph at Gulfstream.
Super Super Stable’s Goldie Glory looks to break through after back-to-back third-place efforts, one each on turf and dirt. Sweet Agenda shortens up after being eased going seven furlongs Aug. 15, while Make Your Wish, Brat Girl, Celebrity Dream, My Lil Flirt and Just Majestic are all entered for their career debut.
Race 7 (4:02 p.m.): 1 1/16-mile turf claimer for fillies and mares 3 and up
Eight are entered in the third-level event led by In Front Racing Stables’ Tinta Roja, who drew the rail under jockey Miguel Vasquez. The 4-year-old filly won at the course and distance in a second-level spot two starts back June 21. She has gone unraced since her claim was voided after finishing fourth as the favorite Aug. 1.
Rags Racing’s Trumpetta races first for trainer Frank Regalbuto off a $12,500 claim following a victory on Tapeta Aug. 24. Ontario-bred 7-year-old mare Pemberley has run third in three consecutive races, the last and grass and two prior on Tapeta since being claimed by trainer Jose D’Angelo.
Race 8 (4:33 p.m): Five-furlong Tapeta claimer for 3-year-olds and up
Ladycaroly Stable’s Icelander, third or better in seven of eight career starts, looms large against eight rivals in his return to the races. The 4-year-old Speightster colt owns two wins, one second and two thirds in five prior trips over the Gulfstream synthetic and will be making his first start since Jan. 3.
Bacquet Corp.’s speedy To Monarch has been second in each of his last three races, beaten a total of 3 ¼ lengths, going five or 5 ½ furlongs on Tapeta and figures to be an early threat. Amaren’s Florida-bred 5-year-old gelding Big Amadeusis riding a two-race win streak, both sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on Tapeta.
Race 9 (5:04 p.m.): One-mile claimer for 3-year-olds and up
Florida-bred 4-year-old gelding Lou the Body chases a fifth consecutive win, having won by as little as a neck May 11 and as much as 15 lengths July 27, when he was claimed by owner-trainer Dan Hurtak. Both his neck triumph and a seven-length score July 22, the latter on a sealed sloppy track, came at the one-mile distance.
Six-time winner The Thor gets blinkers removed after running fourth by a length at the course and distance Aug. 2 under Reylu Gutierrez, who has the return call from Post 5 in a field of seven. Swashbuckle, a $253,210 career earner from 41 starts, returns to a distance where he won July 19 to snap a 12-race losing streak.
Race 10 (5:35 p.m.): One-mile turf claimer for fillies and mares 3 and up
The lukewarm 3-1 morning-line favorite in Sunday’s finale is Bart Voloshin’s Pocket Pair, a 3-year-old Florida-bred filly that ran second in a similar spot last time out Aug. 23 that was rained onto the Tapeta. It was also her first start with blinkers, which she will wear again for trainer Victor Barboza Jr.
Julio Manuel Garriga’s A Great Date, making her fourth start, graduated last time out with a determined head victory going 1 1/16 miles on Tapeta Aug. 24 in the nightcap of Gulfstream’s last mandatory payout day. Golden Valley, now in the barn of trainer Carlos Narvaez, has a turf win and a Tapeta second in two starts since returning from a short layoff.
Anaylsts Nicoletti, Nadeau Break Down Rainbow 6
In the Rainbow 6, the jackpot pool is paid out 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool. On mandatory payout days, the entire pool is disbursed to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the popular wager’s six-race sequence.
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Jockey Miguel Vasquez visited the winner’s circle three times Saturday with After Party ($11) in Race 1, Leprechauna ($8) in Race 3 and Su Win ($47.20) in Race 5 …
Emisael Jaramillo doubled aboard Tizasweetlady ($17.20) in Race 2 and Darling Darley ($6.60) in Race 4, as did Jose Morelos on Micanopy ($4.60) in Race 6 and Ticking ($46.40) in Race 10 …
Su Win and Su Dream ($25.60) in Race 11 are both trained by Juan Rizo.
