March, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Gulfstream Park: Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Has $400,000 Guarantee; Mandatory Payout On Sunday

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., will be guaranteed at $400,000 for Saturday's 1/ST Saturday program after going unsolved Friday for the fourth racing day following Saturday's mandatory payout.

A mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 pool is scheduled for Sunday's 12-race program. Should the popular multi-race wager go unsolved on Saturday, Sunday's Rainbow 6 pool is expected to grow to more than $2 million.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is 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.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 8-13. A mile optional claiming allowance for older horses will kick off the action in Race 8, in which Soup and Sandwich, who finished second in last year's Curlin Florida Derby (G2), is set to make his second start off a layoff against nine rivals. The $150,000 Honey Fox (G3), a mile turf race with a field of 11 older fillies and mares, will follow in Race 9, featuring Alms' first start since finishing second in the Jan. 29 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G3). In Race 10, the $200,000 Gulfstream Park Mile (G2), in which Speaker's Corner will return from an impressive win in the Fred Hooper (G3) on the Pegasus World Cup undercard in the mile stakes for older horses.

The Rainbow 6 sequence will be closed out by the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) in Race 12 and the $125,000 Herecomesthebride (G3), a mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies in Race 13.

Who's Hot: Leading rider Luis Saez rode four winners on Friday's program, scoring aboard Alley Oop Johnny ($4) in Race 3, Sweet Pearl ($10) in Race 6, Quick Tempo ($4.60) in Race 8 and Canelito ($10.40).

Jose Ortiz doubled on Friday's program aboard Cagua ($7.40) in Race 2 and Tyson ($14.80) in Race 7. Todd Pletcher-trained Tyson, a first-time starter by Tapit, withstood race-long pressure while setting and vying for the lead in the 1 1/16-mile maiden race for 3-year-olds on Tapeta before edging clear in the deep stretch.

Romero Ramsey doubled aboard Street Facts ($4.80) in Race 1 and Chrome Republic ($14.80) in Race 4.

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Going to Vegas Ready to Roll in the Buena Vista

Trainer Richard Baltas sends out expected favorite GI Rodeo Drive S. winner Going to Vegas (Goldencents) in Saturday's GII Buena Vista S. at Santa Anita. Last seen finishing 11th in a 12-horse field after setting the early pace in the GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Going to Vegas shook off the rust with a five-furlong drill in 1:00 (2/20) Feb. 26 in Arcadia. Flavien Prat, who won the GII John C. Mabee S. aboard the 5-year-old mare last September, has the mount.

To win, she'll have to get by likely frontrunner Leggs Galore (Bayern), sent out by Phil D'Amato, who is coming off a big effort, winning last out down the hill in the Jan. 15 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. She carries four fewer pounds than Going to Vegas and will almost certainly set the pace.

Coming after them both will be George Krikorian's homebred Mucho Unusual (Mucho Macho Man), who, after a strong 2021 season, looks to improve on her second-place finish in last year's Buena Vista S. where she finished in front of Going to Vegas. She and Going to Vegas will both need to overcome outside post positions (Going to Vegas in the 10, Mucho Unusual in the 11), but have the class to do so.

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Abaan Looks to Stand Out

Abaan (Will Take Charge) looks to build upon his recent success with a bid in the GII Mac Diarmida S. over 1 3/8 miles on the turf at Gulfstream Park Saturday. The 5-year-old gelding, trained by Todd Pletcher, was last seen a clear winner over fellow Mac Diarmida entry Temple (Temple City) in the GIII W. L. McKnight S. Jan. 29. He also previously won the H. Allen Jerkens S. over this course in December.

Temple, breaking from post eight under Jose Ortiz, could be right there with a good trip, as the 6-year-old gelding has an ultra-consistent record, including a third last October in the 1 1/8-mile GIII Knickerbocker S. at Belmont Park. He was claimed by these connections for $80,000 in his next start, finishing second in a Nov. 19 Aqueduct optional claimer, and was third in another Big A optional claimer Dec. 5.

Though the elder statesman of the field at seven, Fantasioso (Arg) (Strategic Prince {GB}) has the class to keep up with his younger challengers. With jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr. aboard, Fantasioso posted a dead-heat victory in the GIII John B. Connally Turf Cup S. over 1 1/2 miles at Sam Houston Jan. 30.

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Bradley Buys Majority Of La Parisienne

Promising filly La Parisienne (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) will be taking some new owners along for the ride during her 3-year-old campaign, with the Kentucky-based Peter Bradley having purchased 70% of the Yann and Carlos Lerner-trained filly on behalf of a racing partnership. The news was first reported by Jour De Galop. The remainder of the filly, who won her lone start at Deauville on Dec. 10 by five lengths, is owned by Marc Leonetti, JML Racing and Meridian International.

“La Parisienne broke her maiden exceptionally well, so we think she has potential,” said Bradley. “The next couple of races will tell us how much potential she has. She's running in a conditions race on Apr. 5 at Saint-Cloud over 2100 metres, and we'll look at the [G3] Prix Cleopatre if she runs well there and the [G1] Saint-Alary and [G1] Prix de Diane if she is that calibre. She's by a hot freshman sire in Zarak and she looks to have quite a bit of quality. Her time in her maiden race [1:57.55 for 1900 metres] was exceptional and we're cautiously optimistic that she might have a lot of quality.”

Bradley said that the current plan is for La Parisienne, who cost the Lerners €65,000 at Arqana's Deauville Select Yearling Sale in 2020, to join Chad Brown in the U.S. later this year. If she proves to be among the best of her generation, however, those plans may have to be reconsidered.

“Our group would like to run her over here [in the U.S.] through the remainder of the year,” he said. “If you happened to be the best filly in France, which is somewhat delusional at this point, you'd have to look at your options over there. She's bred to go 10 to 12 furlongs and we all know the weight allowances those fillies get in races like the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe are exceptional. But I'd hate to even dream like that right now.”

Bradley is no stranger to trading in European bloodstock, but he said La Parisienne is currently the only horse he has in training in France.

“We're branching out,” he said. “We have a great group of people and it was an opportunity to have a horse over there and maybe have a trip or two to France if it all comes together. Racing is about having fun and she's one that could give us that opportunity.”

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