Rainbow over Pegasus at Gulfstream Park. (Gulfstream Park photo)
Sunday at Gulfstream Park
> Jackpot Pool Expected to Grow to Estimated $1 Million
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> Benny the Bull Handicap Headlines Rainbow 6 Sequence
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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.
The jackpot pool is expected to grow to an estimated $1 million Sunday. There is a carryover of $102,382.
Sunday’s Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10, featuring the $75,000 Benny the Bull Handicap in Race 9. David Fawkes-trained Shaq Diesel is the 2-1 morning-line in a field of seven assembled for the seven-furlong handicap for 3-year-olds and up. Shaq Diesel captured the Big Drama Handicap the last time he ran seven furlongs three starts back. Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Nautical Star, a multiple graded-stakes placed 5-year-old who ran in the 2023 Curlin Florida Derby (G1), makes his second 2025 start after a troubled fourth-place finish coming off a 13-month layoff.
The Rainbow 6 sequence will be kicked off by a mile maiden special weight race for 3-year-olds and up on turf in Race 5. Gerald Bennett-trained Maximus Cat will race with blinkers for the first time following back-to-back runner-up finishes. Jose Castro-trained Son of Honor comes off a long layoff with the addition of Lasix and blinkers after offering a couple of respectable efforts last year in New York.
Frank Regalbuto-trained St. Olaf Rose is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in a field of six fillies and mares in Race 6, a 6 ½-furlong starter allowance. The 4-year-old daughter of Goldencents is coming off a win and a second-place finish in starter allowance company. Jose Garafolo-trained Defended is coming off a starter allowance win against state-breds.
Race 7, a six-furlong $12,500 claimer with seven fillies and mares, has the look of a ‘spread’ race. Scott Acker-trained Evanora will seek her third in a row while taking a step up the claiming ladder.
Fawkes-trained Light Fury, an easy winner in his last two starts under Sunday’s conditions, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in Race 8, a 1 1/16-mile $10,000 claimer for 3-year-olds and up on Tapeta.
The Rainbow 6 sequence will be wrapped up by a 1 1/16-mile maiden claimer on turf that drew an evenly matched field of 10 fillies and mares for Race 10. Jose D’Angelo-trained A Great Date, the 2-1 morning-line favorite, drops from maiden special weight company.
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The Rainbow 6 carryover pool 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 usually 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 Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the wager’s six-race sequence.
