Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Saturday, March 6
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Saturday's meetings at Doncaster, Newbury, Lingfield and Southwell.
Month: March 2021
Gulfstream Park: $1.25 Million Jackpot Guarantee in Saturday’s Rainbow 6; Mandatory Payout Sunday
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $1.25 million Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Friday for the ninth straight racing day since a lucky bettor broke the jackpot for $712,824.06 Feb. 22. Multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $1,545.84 Friday.
A mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 pool will be held Sunday at Gulfstream.
The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is usually 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. However, on mandatory-payout days, the entire pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the six-race sequence.
Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 7-12, highlighted by the $75,000 Hutcheson in Race 9, $75,000 Captiva Island in Race 10 and the $75,000 Any Limit in Race 11.
Wesley Ward-trained Roderick, a 3 ¾-length winner of his 2020 finale at Churchill, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the Hutcheson, a six-furlong dash for 3-year-olds. Dale Romans-trained Ultimate Badger, who finished third in the seven-furlong Swale (G3) last time out, cuts back to the shortest distance his has raced since winning his five-furlong debut.
Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained Miss Auramet, a close second behind graded-stakes winner Lady's Island in the Feb. 6 Ladies Turf Sprint at Gulfstream before winning a Tampa Bay Downs stakes, is rated as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the Captiva Island. Ward-trained Karak, a stakes winner over Turfway's synthetic track, is set to return from a 10-month layoff in the five-furlong turf sprint for older fillies and mares.
Chad Brown-trained Boston Post Road, a sharp debut winner Feb. 2, is rated as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the Any Limit, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies.
WHO'S HOT: Irad Ortiz Jr. continued his riding dominance while winning five races Friday, teaming with trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. to sweep the early double with Flamingo Hawk ($8.60) in Race 1 and Passion Plus ($9) in Race 2 before scoring aboard Rocking the Boat ($7.40) in Race 4, Create a Story ($3) in Race 6 and Gatsby ($6.80) in Race 8.
Ortiz, who is the defending two-time Championship Meet titlist, has ridden a meeting-leading 115 winners thus far this season.
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Stronach 5: $154,931 Carryover For Friday, March 12 Wager
There were no winning tickets in Friday's Stronach 5, which means there will be a carryover Friday, March 12 of $154,931.
The Stronach 5, which features an industry-low 12-percent takeout, featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields. There were no winning favorites. The lowest payoff in Friday's Stronach 5 was $13.40. The highest was $43.20.
The sequence began with the 9-1 shot Valued Notion ($20.40) winning Race 8 at Laurel for Hillwood Stable LLC and trainer Rodney Jenkins. The prices kept coming in the second leg of the sequence when 11-1 shot Serenade a Kitten ($24.60) got up in deep stretch for trainer Mary Eppler.
The Stronach 5 headed west to Santa Anita Park for the third leg of the sequence. Santa Anita's third race, a maiden special weight event for 3-year-olds colts, was won by another longshot in Twin Creeks Racing Stables LLC's Law Professor ($43.20), a 20-1 longshot making his second start for trainer Michael McCarthy. Golden Gate's third race was next and, yes, the race resulted in another longshot in the 12-1 shot Foragoodtimecall ($26.80).
The Stronach 5 concluded with Gulfstream's ninth race and Toffen ($13.40) winning under jockey Joe Bravo.
Friday's races and sequence
Leg One – Laurel Park 8th Race: Valued Notion $20.40
Leg Two – Gulfstream Park 7th Race: Serenade a Kitten $24.60
Leg Three –Santa Anita Park 3rd Race: Law Professor $43.20
Leg Four –Golden Gate Fields 3rd Race: Foragoodtimecall $26.80
Leg Five –Gulfstream Park 9th Race: Toffen $13.40
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 Stronach 5 In the Money podcast, hosted by Jonathan Kinchen and Peter Thomas Fornatale, will be posted by 2 p.m. Thursday at InTheMoneyPodcast.com and will be available on iTunes and other major podcast distributors
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.
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Dan Skelton can underline his reputation with victory at Kelso with Faivoir in the Morebattle Hurdle
The Morebattle Hurdle, worth the same amount as the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, has attracted a highly competitive field.
