The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $250,000 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., when racing action resumes on Wednesday with a 10-race program on which three-time defending Championship Meet titlist Irad Ortiz Jr. will make his seasonal debut.
The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10, including the 1 1/16-mile optional claiming allowance feature on turf in Race 9. Ortiz, who is scheduled to ride in five races Wednesday, has been named to ride Roger Attfield-trained Sweet Serenade, a 3-year-old daughter of Tonalist, who has never been off the board in five career starts.
Ortiz rode a record 140 winners during the 2020-2021 Championship Meet.
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.
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 was solved Saturday for a $461,035.47 jackpot payoff at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
The popular multi-race wager had gone unsolved for 16 racing days following a Sept. 10 mandatory payout that produced multiple payoffs of $313,299.84.
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.
The winning combination was 3-2-1-4-5-7.
Eight of the 10 horses in Race 10 were eligible to crack the jackpot. Eye of the Temple ($7) came through for the lucky ticketholder, with Sun Viking and Racing Moon, the two horses that were not singles, finishing second and third, respectively.
The Rainbow 6 will start anew on Sunday's card with a $75,000 jackpot pool guarantee. There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover in the first race of $7,375.71.
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $400,000 Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved Friday for the 12th racing day since a Sept. 10 mandatory payout produced multiple payoffs of $313,299.84
The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10 and will feature the $60,000 Miami Shores, an overnight handicap at 5 ½ furlongs on Tapeta for fillies and mares carded as Race 8.
Trainer Steve Dwoskin's Choose Joy, a star turf sprinter coming off back-to-back handicap victories, is scheduled to headline the Miami Shores while making her all-weather track debut. The 4-year-old daughter of Munnings galloped over the new all-weather track earlier this week to jockey Miguel Vasquez's satisfaction.
Trainer Elizabeth Dobles' Pudding, a sharp winner of an overnight handicap two starts back, will try to bounce back from his most-recent disappointing fourth-place finish while facing six veteran campaigners in Saturday's Race 9, a six-furlong optional claiming allowance for 3-year-olds and up.
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.
A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will highlight Saturday's 12-race Gulfstream Park program in Hallandale Beach, Fla., which will also feature the $75,000 Sheer Drama Stakes and the $60,000 North Bay Village Handicap.
The mandatory-payout pool of the popular multi-race wager is expected to grow over $2.5 million Saturday. Following Friday's program, the jackpot pool swelled to $588,559.89.
The Rainbow 6 has gone unsolved for 21 consecutive racing days since a July 31 mandatory payout. The Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is usually 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 usually goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool. However, on mandatory-payout days, the entire pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the six-race sequence.
Ron Nicoletti's Rainbow 6 longshots:
Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 7-12, headlined by the Sheer Drama in Race 11. The seven-furlong stakes for Florida-bred fillies and mares attracted a well-stocked field of eight sprinters, including multiple graded stakes-placed Sound Machine. The Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief is coming off a third-place finish in the $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2). Kathleen O'Connell-trained Thissmytime, who set the track record for seven-furlongs at Gulfstream Park West last fall, will seek to improve on a pair of subpar showings that followed a runner-up finish in the Jan. 23 Inside Information (G2) at Gulfstream. Multiple-stakes winners Heiressall and Starship Bonita are also entered.
The Rainbow 6 sequence is kicked off by a mile maiden special weight race for fillies and mares on turf in Race 7. Tom Proctor-trained Free Data, who is working sharply at Palm Meadows after coming up short in the stretch lasthttps://youtu.be/ time out, is the lukewarm 3-1 morning-line favorite in what will likely be a popular 'spread' race with Rainbow 6 bettors.
Joe Orseno-trained Call Bros, a winner over slightly weaker rivals last time out, figures to receive solid support in Race 8, a 7 ½-furlong turf races for 3-year-olds and up in which there appear to be several upset possibilities. Race 9, a six-furlong maiden special weight race for Florida-bred juveniles, is headed by Juan Carlos Avila-trained Spuntacular, the 6-5 favorite who ran second and third in his first two career starts under less-than-ideal trips. Georgina Baxter-trained R Big G, a son of The Big Beast, Bob Hess Jr.-trained Birdnote, a son of Noble Bird, and Patrick Biancone-trained Mr Rum Runner, a son of Uncaptured, are interesting first-time starters with strong series of works.
Rohan Crichton-trained Captain Ron, a turf sprinter who won two of his last three starts, is rated as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in Race 10, an optional claiming allowance at five furlongs on turf. Trainer Steve Klesaris, who has a deft hand with turf sprinters will be represented by The Virginian. Carlos David-trained Discreet Tune looked sharp last time out while facing weaker.
The Sheer Drama will be followed by a 7 ½-furlong turf race for $20,000 claimers in Race 12 that should pose a challenge to Rainbow 6 bettors. Richard Silvestri-trained Catching Fish is the 3-1 morning-line favorite on the strength of beating better last time out. Uno Tiger is scheduled to make his turf debut for trainer Kathleen O'Connell. The son of Macho Uno is out of a mare who won both on dirt and turf.
A maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds at 7 ½ furlongs on turf will kick off Saturday's program. Trainer Mark Casse will unveil Michael Tabor's War Strategy, a son of War Front out of Coolmore, a Group 3 stakes-winning daughter of Galileo. Trainer Herman Wilensky and Harry Orgo's Harry's Onthebeach, a half-brother to stakes-winner Harry's Ontheloose, will make his second start after finishing a troubled second in his debut.
Tom Proctor-trained Summering will concede two and seven pounds to her rivals in the North Bay Village, a mile overnight handicap for fillies and mares on turf carded as Race 5. The multiple stakes-winning 5-year-old daughter of War Front, who will carry 124 pounds, will seek to rebound from an even fourth-place finish in the Ginger Punch.
