The $100,000 Smile Sprint (G3) will kick off a Labor Day Weekend slate of seven stakes at Gulfstream Park Saturday while headlining the six-race sequence for the Rainbow 6, the popular multi-race wager that will offer a guaranteed jackpot pool of $200,000.
The sequence for the Rainbow 6 will span Races 7-12 and will include the $75,000 Bear's Den in Race 8 and the $75,000 Miss Gracie in Race 10, as well as the Smile in Race 11. First-race post time is set for noon.
Cool Arrow, a career winner of more than $500,000, has been installed as the even-money favorite for the Smile, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up. The Terri Pompay-trained 6-year-old gelding is coming off back-to-back victories, including a dominating 4 ½-length triumph in the Opening Lead Stakes last time out. Kathy Ritvo-trained Double Crown will also be seeking his third straight victory while coming off back-to-back stakes scores in the Roar and the Carry Back at Gulfstream.
Ruben Gracida-trained Monforte, who finished second in the Aug. 8 Not Surprising while coming off a six-month layoff, is rated as the 7-5 morning-line favorite for the Bear's Den, a 7 ½-furlong turf stakes for 3-year-olds and up. Monforte, who had won his four previous races, will be challenged by Cadet Connelly, a Grade 1 stakes-placed 3-year-old gelding, and Sassy But Smart, who is slated to make his first start since finishing a close fourth in the Feb. 29 Palm Beach (G3) at Gulfstream.
Labor Day Weekend stakes action will continue on Sunday with the running of the $75,000 Benny the Bull and the $75,000 Sheer Drama and on Monday with the $75,000 Mr. Steel and the $75,000 Monroe.
The Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the third racing day in a row Friday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $7,412.80.
Saturday's Rainbow 6 will have a guaranteed pool of $200,000 and will include the $100,000 Smile Sprint (G3), $75,000 Miss Gracie and $75,000 Bear's Den. The Miss Gracie and Bear's Ben will be contested on the turf.
There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover of $1,761.30.
The Rainbow 6 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.
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