Gulfstream's host and analyst Ron Nicoletti picked 10 winners on Saturday's 12-race program at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track.
Nicoletti started the day by selecting the winners of the first nine races. They were Girl Dad ($6.60), Hard Game ($8), Noble Empire ($3), Bourbon in May ($7.60), Augusta Melody ($3), Great Island ($2.60), Democracy ($15.60), Yodel E.A. Who ($4.60), and R Mercedes Boy ($5.60), Nicoletti scratched into Great Island when his top selection, La Signare, was withdrawn from the Suwannee River (G3) when the race was taken off the turf.
After his selection Bourbon Highway lost his rider in the 10th race, Nicoletti had the 11th race winner in Lady's Island ($4.40) in the Ladies' Turf Sprint. His selection in the last race finished fourth.
Sunday's Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $1.1 Million
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $1.1 million Sunday.
The Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the ninth straight racing day Saturday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $1,638,82.
The jackpot 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.
Sunday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 6-11, kicked off by a well-stocked maiden special weight race for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs. Red Hot and Blue, a Shug McGaughey-trained daughter of Candy Ride who cost $650,000 as a yearling, heads a group of well-bred fillies who will make their respective debuts, including daughters of Medaglia d'Oro, Pioneerof the Nile and Quality Road, as well as three daughters of Into Mischief.
Todd Pletcher-trained Jouster, who won by nearly nine lengths in her auspicious turf debut, is the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Race 7, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Kelsey Danner-trained Gladys, a full sister to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, is entered to make her turf debut.
Race 8, a five-furlong turf sprint for $16,000 claimers, could prove to be a popular 'spread' race with bettors. Chad Brown-trained Precipitate, a Juddmonte Farms' homebred daughter of Pioneerof the Nile, is rated as the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Race 9, a mile maiden special weight race for 3-year-old fillies. Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Born Again, a daughter of Not This Time who finished third in her recent debut; and Bill Mott-trained Obligatory, a daughter of Curlin who finished fourth in her debut after bumping at the start; are also likely to receive strong support from Rainbow 6 bettors.
A 6 ½-furlong optional claiming allowance for older horses follows in Race 10. Michael Yates-trained Reservenotattained will seek his third straight victory after winning both of his last two races by 6 ½ lengths. A mile turf race with a full field of $16,000 claimers in Race 11 figures to offer a strong challenge to bettors looking for a 'single' to complete their Rainbow 6 tickets.
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