Gulfstream Park: Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Set For Saturday

A mandatory payoff of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is scheduled for Saturday's program at Gulfstream Park.

The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for eight racing days following the most recent mandatory payout that yielded multiple $50,999 payoffs. The Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $250,000 for Thursday's Gulfstream program.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will include the $125,000 Tropical Park Oaks, $125,000 Sugar Swirl, $125,000 Mr. Prospector, and $125,000 Tropical Park Derby.

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. On mandatory day, the jackpot pool is paid out to the those holding tickets with the most winners.

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First Grade I Race Elevates Kentucky Downs Program

Kentucky Downs will host the first Grade I event in its history next year with the elevation of the GI Franklin-Simpson S. announced Saturday by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

“Ownership is laser-focused on the continued elevation of the racing product at their track, and we're appreciative of the recognition by the American Graded Stakes Committee,” Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs' Vice President for Racing, said in a press release Sunday. “As delighted as we are about finally getting a Grade I stakes, it's more about the ascent of our entire racing program, with the Franklin-Simpson an exciting result. While we have offered among the highest purses in the world for several years, bringing it all together is the way the horsemen–owners and trainers–have embraced us.”

Under the ownership headed by Ron Winchell and Marc Falcone the past four years, Kentucky Downs has added four Grade III stakes, its first (now at four) Grade II races and its first Grade I.

“Kentucky Downs was a strong regional track when we took over ownership, and our immediate focus was to try to make it more national,” Winchell said. “With our first Grade I and with four Grade II races among our nine graded stakes, we've become entrenched in the national conversation. Our goal now is to make Kentucky Downs an international destination. Part of that is working hard to continue the upward migration of our stakes. We want the Franklin-Simpson to be our first–but not only–Grade I.”

Kentucky Downs' first graded stakes was the Kentucky Turf Cup, back in 2001. The track did not receive another graded stakes until 2017, when it added two. The Franklin-Simpson earned its first grading for 2019, advancing to a Grade II for 2021. The Music City S., run for the first time in 2020, was conducted as a Grade III for the first time this year and will be a Grade II event in 2024.

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Caddo River, 2021 Arkansas Derby Runner-Up, To Start Stallion Career In 2024

Caddo River, runner-up in 2021 Arkansas Derby (G1) after a smashing tour de force in the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park, was retired following a sixth-place finish in the Ring the Bell Stakes Dec. 9 at the Hot Springs, Ark. track, John Gasper, racing manager for owner-breeder John Ed Anthony's Shortleaf Stable, said Sunday morning.

Gasper said Caddo River will begin his stallion career in 2024, with Anthony planning to stand the 5-year-old son of Hard Spun out of the Congrats mare Pangburn in Arkansas.

Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Caddo River retires with a 6-6-1 career line from 23 starts, including his 10 1/4-length wire-to-wire triumph in the 2021 Smarty Jones Stakes. Two starts later, he was second to Super Stock in the Arkansas Derby. Overall,  the 5-year-old retires with a lifetime bankroll of $838,116.

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Julias Dream, Candi Girl Vie For First Stakes Win In Turfway’s Gowell

Talla Racing's Julias Dream, a gutsy allowance winner last month at Del Mar, tops a field of 12 2-year-old fillies entered for Saturday's 30th running of the $125,000 Gowell Stakes at Turfway Park.

The six-furlong Gowell Stakes was carded as Race 6 of nine with a post time of 8:25 p.m. (ET). First post is 5:55 p.m.

Julias Dream made her cross-country journey two weeks ago to trainer Michael McCarthy's Kentucky base to begin her preparation for the Gowell Stakes. The 2-year-old daughter of Flameaway impressively won at first asking on Aug. 6 at Del Mar over the turf. Following a disappointing effort in the Del Mar Debutante (G1) over the dirt, McCarthy switched Julias Dream back to turf where she gamely held off Cheeky Gal in a first-level allowance contest. Jockey Luan Machado will have the mount aboard Julias Dream from post No. 3.

Another allowance winner that entered the Gowell Stakes is GenStar Thoroughbreds' Candi Girl. Trained by Brad Cox, Candi Girl recorded her second lifetime victory just eight days ago at Turfway Park. The daughter of Twirling Candy broke her maiden at second asking in a 5½-furlong maiden special weight at Ellis Park. Through four starts, Candi Girl only has one race where she finished outside the top two – an eighth-place finish in the Untapable Stakes at Kentucky Downs. Apprentice rider Axel Concepcion will have the return call from post 7.

Following is the complete field for the Gowell Stakes from the rail out (with jockey and trainer): Baraye (Gerardo Corrales, Wesley Ward); Logistics (Abel Cedillo, Mark Casse); Julias Dream (Machado, McCarthy); Kerlo's Cause (Erik Barbaran, Tommy Short); Edge of Town (Matilda Burnham, Brian Cook): Leslie's Loot (Ferrin Peterson, James Chapman); Candi Girl (Concepcion, Cox): Pipit (Tyler Connor, Kevin Attard); Trial (Joe Ramos, Tommy Drury Jr.); Secret Glenda (Summer Pauly, Aaron West); Pinotslilgirl (Adam Beschizza, John Ennis); What's Crackin (Colby Hernandez, Sarah Hamilton).

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