Rezasrolex captures sixth win in a row. (Coglianese Photo)
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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 was solved twice in three days last weekend, returning jackpot payouts of $143,083.80 Oct. 3 and $50,554.92 Oct. 5. Sunday’s pool, which begins with a $13,880.95 carryover from Saturday’s 11 race program, is expected to reach $500,000.
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. When there is a mandatory payout, the entire Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is disbursed to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the six-race sequence.
Sunday’s sequence spans Races 5-10. All races scheduled for the turf have been moved to the all-weather Tapeta course.
Race 5 (2:51 p.m.): Seven-furlong maiden special weight for 3-year-olds and up
Queen McKinzie seeks a breakthrough performance after four seconds and three thirds in 10 prior starts including three consecutive runner-up finishes, most recently in a similar condition going six furlongs Sept. 13. Sapphire Girl looks to rebound after getting caught wide behind a slow pace when sixth in debut Aug. 10.
Trainer Kent Sweezey sends out a pair of first-time starters in Sunna and Tapit’s Mischief. By Into Mischief out of the Tapit mare My Miss Tapit, Tapit’s Mischief was purchased for $675,000 as a 2023 yearling by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm. Sunna is by Dominus, a Grade 2 winner on turf and dirt who connects at 16 percent with his debut runners.
Race 6 (3:30 p.m.): One mile, 70-yard Tapeta claimer for 3-year-olds and up
An overflow field of 13 was entered led by narrow 5-2 program favorite Venezuelan Hope, a 3-year-old gelding that drops to the $8,000 level after being third or better in each of his last four starts and had his win streak snapped at two races when beaten a nose at the course and distance last out Sept. 14.
Vino Santo cuts back after back-to-back victories by a combined 10 lengths, each at 1 1/16 miles, keeping the 4-year-old gelding perfect on the Gulfstream Tapeta. Owner-trainer Jose Castro, connecting at 41 percent (7-for-17) at the Sunshine Meet, will saddle 5-year-old My Favorite Topic, third or better in seven of 14 starts racing first time as a gelding.
Race 7 (4:04 p.m.): One mile, 70-yard allowance optional claimer 3-year-olds and up on Tapeta
In a race moved off the grass, seven-time winner Eldest Son finds himself back in familiar surroundings after an early September journey from Gulfstream to Kentucky Downs, and also shortens up after successive trips at 1 1/8 miles and 1 5/16 miles. Winless with one second in two Tapeta starts, his last win came going 7 ½ furlongs on the Gulfstream turf May 24.
General Ledger runs for a $25,000 tag after four straight stakes starts including last summer’s Secretariat (G2) and Franklin-Simpson (G1). In his lone 2025 start the 4-year-old gelding was sixth after setting the pace in the seven-furlong Benny the Bull contested on a sloppy main track Aug. 24. Brigade Commander races first off the claim for trainer Jose D’Angelo after two starts at Saratoga.
Race 8 (4:35 p.m.): 1 1/16-mile starter optional claimer for 3-year-olds and up on Tapeta
Nate the Great looks poised to rebound after running third as the favorite under similar conditions Sept. 13. The 5-year-old gelding has never been worse than third in 10 Tapeta starts, five of them wins, and has a record of 5-2-2 in nine tries at the distance.
The consistent Navy Cross owns three wins and two seconds over his last five starts and returns to the races for the first time since being beaten a neck on the course going a mile and 70 yards July 19. Also, back in action is 6-year-old gelding K.C. Chief, an eight-time winner unraced since Feb. 26 who last won the Carousel Club overnight handicap Jan. 24 going 1 1/8 miles.
Race 9 (5:07 p.m.): 7-furlong allowance optional claimer for fillies & mares 3 and up
Ten fillies and mares are set to line up in an entry-level spot where Broderie is the 9-5 program favorite, racing first time off a barn change to trainer Collin Maragh and back facing open company following a nine-length win at the distance against Florida-breds Aug. 15. Jockey Rajiv Maragh is within striking distance of his 2,000th career victory.
Beyond Broderie is a wide-open field that includes 2024 FSS My Dear Girl upset winner My Denysse, making just her second start of the year after being placed sixth in the Feb. 1 Forward Gal (G1); 3-year-old Militia, stretching from 5 ½ furlongs out off a 4 ¾-length allowance win over older horses Sept. 4; and Sheshimaintenance, a two-length winner two back that adds blinkers off a disappointing seventh last out Sept. 21.
Race 10 (5:39 p.m.): 1 1/16-mile Tapeta claimer for fillies & mares 3 and up
Three of the nine horses entered in the finale own multiple wins over the all-weather Tapeta course led by Trumpetta, who has a record of 3-2-1 from nine synthetic starts and most recently ran third by less than two lengths in a similar spot originally carded for the grass Sept. 14. The 3-year-old filly was claimed out of a 2 ¼ length win two starts back.
Let’s Dance Again has two wins and two seconds in five Tapeta starts, rolling by 2 ¾ lengths at the distance Aug. 23 last out, and is two necks away from three consecutive wins. Smart Style is 2-for-3 on the synthetic, exiting a popular three-length score Sept. 12 also going 1 1/16 miles. Tinta Roja has gone off favored in her last three races, with a June 21 win on the turf and Sept. 14 runner-up finish on Tapeta.
Streaking Rezasrolex Captures Sixth Win in a Row
Rezasrolex wires the field in race 6, @zayas_edgardo rode for trainer Joseph Orseno and owner Robert Cotran. #GulfstreamPark #SunshineMeet pic.twitter.com/ZuqUOm2m4o
— Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) October 11, 2025
Robert Cotran’s Rezasrolex ($3.80) rattled off his sixth straight victory Saturday at Gulfstream Park, leading from gate to wire to prevail by four lengths in Race 6, a 5 ½-furlong starter allowance for 3-year-olds and up on Tapeta.
Ridden by Edgard Zayas, the 4-year-old son of Bucchero completed the distance in 1:01.66, just .05 off the all-weather track record of 1:01.61.
“He’s done everything we’ve asked him to do. We haven’t stepped him up yet, but that’s by design,” said trainer Joe Orseno, whose gelding has built his streak exclusively in starter allowance company and on the all-weather surface. “We’ve mapped out kind of an easy campaign for him. We’ll step up when we have to, but he’s done everything right.”
Rezasrolex’s victory Saturday was his eighth in his last nine starts. He won back-to-back starter allowances on Tapeta before finishing fourth in a June 2 allowance for Florida-breds on Tapeta and then rebounding to win his last six.
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Jockey Miguel Vasquez rode back-to-back winners Saturday with Prost ($12.40) in Race 2 and Candy Buzz ($33) in Race 3 and completed his hat trick on Keep On Moving ($10.80) in Race 10 …
Jockey Edgard Zayas also doubled aboard Imperia Blue ($3.80) in Race 1 and Rezasrolex ($3.80) in Race 6, as did Rajiv Maragh with Z First ($16) in Race 9 and Six Fortyfive ($9.80) in Race 11 …
Prost, Bronze Bullet ($5.60) in Race 5 and Pardo ($4.40) in Race 7 are all trained by Jose D’Angelo.
