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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