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Friday’s Rainbow 6 Pool At Gulfstream Park Guaranteed At $150,000

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $150,000 Friday at Gulfstream Park.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Wednesday on the first day following Tuesday's mandatory payout. Multiple tickets with six winners were each worth $418.74 Wednesday.

The carryover jackpot 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover of $6,299.35 heading into Friday's card.

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Lost And Found Presented By LubriSYNHA: Hall Of Famer Santos Has Grown To Love Life Out Of The Saddle

Thirteen years after the final mount of his Hall of Fame career, life moves at a steady, if different pace for Jose Santos. In his prime, Santos was busy, winning 4,083 races including the 2003 Grade 1Kentucky Derby and G1 Preakness Stakes on Funny Cide and 2002 G1 Breeders' Cup Classic on Volponi. Additional career highlights include the 1988 Eclipse Award and 1999 George Woolf Memorial Award that honors jockeys whose “personal character earn esteem for the individual and the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.”

The rewards came with sacrifices including time away from his older children as they grew up. But he now has plenty of time to spend with his wife Grace and their only child, 6-year-old Manuel. Their family interaction includes evening walks and playing video games.

“It is a lot of work and a lot of fun to raise a little kid,” Santos said. “I spend a lot of time with him.”

Santos balances family hours with his Monday-through-Friday job for a South Florida feed company that he once owned. The business supplies products to Palm Meadows and Palm Beach Downs training centers and to Gulfstream Park.

“What I do is mingle with people and take orders (for delivery),” he said. “I get to see a lot of my old friends. That is my favorite part. I have a lot of friends who are jockeys, exercise riders, grooms and hotwalkers. I talk to everybody. We talk about the horses, what happened the day before at the races, stuff like that. I try to watch some horses during training.”

Santos also dabbles in buying and selling Thoroughbreds and has been instrumental in importing purchases from his native Chile.

He has adjusted to a lifestyle that includes going to the races on big event days but he admits his forced retirement was once a struggle. Known for his easy-going personality and competitive nature, Santos expected to compete at least until age 50, but the plan fell apart on Feb. 1, 2007 when he suffered multiple spinal fractures in a three-horse spill at Aqueduct. He officially announced his retirement at age 46 on July 30 of that year, a week before his induction into the Hall of Fame.

“I don't miss riding anymore but the first year was tough,” he said. “Now I am good; I have accepted it.”

Santos said he mostly misses the camaraderie of the jockeys' quarters.

“That was a lot of fun,” he said. “We had competition with each other but we were like family.”

In addition to keeping in touch with those former colleagues and other jockeys, Santos has a strong connection to racing through his son Jose Jr. who is agent for Kentucky-based Declan Cannon and Miguel Mena. The younger Jose intended to follow in his father's footsteps but his size quickly stopped that idea. While attending Bellarmine University in Louisville, he gravitated back to the track.

“In a way he got lucky because he grew up too much,” the elder Santos said. “He is a very good agent. He has a very good mind and a good head on his shoulders. He is very smart and very good with people. My friends always tell me what a nice guy he is. That makes me very proud.”

As a father to a total of three sons and three daughters, Santos set an example that diligence and appreciation of others leads to success.

“Work hard and be respectful,” he said. “That will bring you to a different level and take you a long way in the end.”

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Met Mile, Manhattan Feature On America’s Day At The Races Telecast

America's Day at the Races, produced by the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) in partnership with FOX Sports, returns this Thursday, July 2 on FOX Sports and MSG+ for the start of four days of holiday coverage and analysis of the best in thoroughbred racing from Belmont Park.

The acclaimed national telecast will air Thursday through Sunday on FS1, FS2 and MSG+ for 22 hours of television coverage, highlighted by a blockbuster Runhappy Met Mile Day card on Independence Day from Belmont including two classic Grade 1 races – the 127th running of the $500,000 Runhappy Met Mile for 3-year-olds and up and the 148th running of the $400,000 Manhattan for 4-year-olds and up on the turf.

The Runhappy Met Mile is one of the most prestigious American races outside of the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup. First run at Morris Park in 1891, the race was moved to Belmont Park in 1905, where it has been held most every year since and won by some of the most memorable horses in history, including Native Dancer, Tom Fool, Kelso, Forego and Ghostzapper. In 2016, Frosted set the race record of 1:32.73, winning by memorably lopsided 14 1/4 lengths.

Other stakes action from Belmont Park on Saturday will include the 134th running of the Grade 2 $200,000 Suburban Handicap for 4-years-olds & up going 1 ¼ miles; the Grade 3 $150,000 Poker for older horses going one mile on the turf; and the Grade 3, $100,000 Victory Ride for 3-year-old fillies going 6 ½ furlongs.

The week's stakes schedule kicks off on Thursday at Belmont Park with the 42nd running of the $100,000 Mount Vernon for 4-year-olds and up New York-bred fillies and mares going one mile on the Widener turf. The Mount Vernon is slated as Race 8 on Thursday's nine-race card at 5:04 p.m. Eastern.

Highlighting Friday's racing from Belmont Park will be the 7th running of the $80,000 License Fee for 4-year-olds & up (fillies & mares) headed 6 furlongs on the turf. Sunday's stakes races at Belmont will offer the 42nd running of the Kingston for New York-bred 4-year-olds and up headed 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

This week's America's Day at the Races schedule:

(All times Eastern)

Thursday, July 2:

1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. (FS2)

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (MSG+)

Friday, July 3:

1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (FS2)

1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (MSG+)

Saturday. July 4:

1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (FS1)

1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (MSG+)

Sunday, July 5:

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (FS1)

1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (MSG+)

America's Day at the Races is also broadcast on NYRA'sYouTube channel, which boasts more than 40,000 subscribers. Fans can subscribe to NYRA's channel and set a reminder to watch the show on YouTube Live. NYRA's YouTube channel also hosts a number of race replays, special features, America's Day at the Races replays and more.

America's Day at the Races is presented by America's Best Racing, Runhappy, and Claiborne Farm. This weekend's broadcast team includes Greg Wolf, Andy Serling, Maggie Wolfendale, Richard Migliore, Acacia Courtney and Jonathon Kinchen.

NYRA Bets is the official online wagering platform of the Belmont spring/summer meet available to customers across the United States. In addition to a host of weekly special offers, NYRA Bets is currently offering a $200 deposit match bonus to new members.

NYRA Bets provides fans the opportunity to wager on racing from tracks around the world at any time. The NYRA Bets app is available for download for iOS and Android at NYRABets App. Watch and wager on the best racing while earning points on every bet.

For further details on the new member bonus, visit NYRABets.com/#sign-up-bonus.

Free Equibase-provided past performances are available for races that are part of the America's Day at the Races broadcast and can be accessed at https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.

The 2020 Belmont spring/summer meet continues through Sunday, July 12. Live racing is offered Thursday through Sunday with a first post of 1:15 p.m. The 25-day meet features 22 graded stakes and 40 stakes races in total worth $7 million in purses.

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Best Bets: Holiday Plays at Belmont Park

America’s Best Racing and handicapper (and avid gambler) Monique Vág team up to provide horseplayers with their best bets of the weekend. Vág will identify her top picks as well as at least one longshot play of the weekend, a nice opportunity to swing for the fences on a win bet or to take a shot with a show bet. She also will occasionally look for strong exacta plays for the weekend or try to spot a nice opportunity for other wagers. This Weekend’s Bets