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Gulfstream Park: Wednesday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Has $1.1 Million Guarantee

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $1.1 million for Wednesday's nine-race program at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

Wednesday's Rainbow 6 sequence spans Races 4-9, kicked off by a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight for 4-year-olds and up that includes a pair of six-figure yearlings from 2019 – Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable and LNJ Foxwoods' Scalding, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey, who ran second Dec. 2 at Aqueduct in his second start; and Boama Corporation's Unexpected, third Dec. 17 at Gulfstream in his unveiling for trainer Eddie Plesa Jr.

Race 5 is an optional claiming allowance for 4-year-olds and up scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on the grass that drew an overflow field of 16 led by Arturo Toscanini, Group 3-placed in Ireland making his U.S. debut; local stakes winner Louder Than Bombs, twice Grade 3-placed; and Ginsburned, third in the Bruce D (G1) last August at Arlington Park.

The sequence wraps up in Race 9, an optional claiming allowance for 4-year-olds and up set to sprint five furlongs on the turf. Dubai Key, a Group 3 winner in Chile, was a front-running winner of his North American debut Nov. 13 at Gulfstream going five furlongs on the Tapeta surface. Elusive Mischief is a stakes winner on both turf and dirt for trainer Ian Wilkes.

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.

Who's Hot: Jockey Tyler Gaffalione registered a Sunday hat trick aboard Forty Smooth ($5.60) in Race 2, Spectacular Gal ($3.60) in Race 6 and Grand Ave Girl ($5.60) in Race 9. Jockey Paco Lopez and trainer Kent Sweezey teamed up for a pair of winners with Katie's Cowboy ($4.60) in Race 3 and Astroturf ($5) in Race 7. Spectacular Gal was one of two winners for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. along with Bravo Kitten ($9) in Race 1.

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$1.1 Million Jackpot Guarantee In Sunday’s Rainbow 6 At Gulfstream

Gulfstream Park will end its New Year's weekend with a guaranteed gross jackpot pool in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 of $1.1 million.

Sunday's Rainbow 6 kicks off with a maiden special weight event at 7 ½ furlongs on the turf for 3-year-old fillies. The 11-horse field includes Stonestreet Stables LLC's Blythe Spirit, a $550,000 daughter of Ghostzapper trained by Jack Sisterson, and Courtlandt Farm's On Alert, a $500,000 daughter of Medaglia d'Oro trained by Shug McGaughey. Bill Mott will send out Godolphin LLC's homebred Marysvale, a daughter of Malibu Moon.

The final leg of the sequence will be a maiden special weight event at a mile on the turf for 3-year-olds. Royal Spirit, a son of Into Mischief second in the Nownownow and fourth in the Awad, goes out for Repole Stable and St Elias Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher. Phipps Stable's Grand Cay and Juddmonte's Coleridge, both sons of Uncle Mo, make their debut as does Godolphin's Field Marshall, a son of War Front.

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Simplification Controls Mucho Macho Man On Front End

Ten weeks after turning heads with a powerful maiden victory over the same track, Tami Bobo's Simplification made an ever bigger statement in his stakes debut with a front-running triumph in Saturday's $150,000 Mucho Macho Man at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The 11^th running of the one-mile Mucho Macho Man, the first step on Gulfstream's road to the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby April 2, headlined five stakes for newly turned 3-year-olds worth $550,000 in purses on the New Year's Day holiday program.

Ridden by Hall of Famer Javier Castellano for trainer Antonio Sano, Simplification ($10.40) was in control from the outset in his fourth career start. The bay son of Not This Time, who drew several offers following his 16 ¾-length graduation Oct. 23, was stretching out beyond six furlongs for the first time.

“I told everyone, these are good horses but I thought the more distance would be better for my horse,” Sano said. “When the horse ran six furlongs for the first time, he won easy, but that was a maiden special weight.

“The next race the horse was not ready. He did not work every day because [we had] the option to sell the horse,” he added. “The horse was not sold. I told the owner, we'll enter January 1^st for one mile. Castellano worked the horse. He's a special horse, a very good horse. I'm glad we ran the horse.”

Simplification broke alertly from Post 3 and dragged Castellano to the lead, where he was unmoved through a quarter-mile in 23.70 seconds and a half in 45.81, as Skippylongstocking and Mr Rum Runner alternated in second and third with 4-5 favorite Strike Hard rating along the rail in fourth.

Castellano and Simplification hit the top of the stretch full of run, while Strike Hard tipped out and split Skippylongstocking and Mr Rum Runner to mount a challenge. Castellano shook the reins and Simplification took off again, completing the distance in 1:35.04 over a fast main track to win by four lengths.

It was the second stakes win of the day for Castellano, the Championship Meet's only five-time leading rider, who also captured the Mucho Macho Man's companion race, the $100,000 Cash Run for 3-year-old fillies going one mile, aboard Kathleen O.

“Beautiful. That's what I was looking for today. It's exactly how I handicapped the race. I watched his replays and I worked the horse, and he's got speed but at the same time he is able to relax,” Castellano said. “We didn't expect to be on the lead, because we were trying to stretch out the horse and let him develop a good foundation, but he took it in the nice way. I didn't want to take away anything that comes easy, and he was straightforward.

“He was happy and satisfied on the lead, galloping along, and when I asked him he took off and re-broke at the quarter pole. I liked the way he did it,” he added. “I felt like he did it very easy, in a nice way. I didn't see the fractions, but he did a very comfortable, relaxed pace. I liked the way he galloped out. I don't think he'll have any problem stretching out. He's well-bred and has a good foundation. Fingers crossed.”

Strike Hard was a decisive second, 7 ¼ lengths ahead of Mr Rum Runner. They were followed by Graphic Detail, 41-1 long shot Sport Pepper, and Skippylongstocking.

Castellano considered remaining in New York for the winter before making his annual sojourn to Gulfstream, won the Mucho Macho man for the fourth time. He previously won with Mask (2018), Sonic Mule (2017) and Bluegrass Singer (2015).

“I think that's the type of horse, that's why the reason I'm here in South Florida, to help develop the new generation of 3-year-olds,” he said. “I'm very lucky and very fortunate to find this horse.”

The $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) Feb. 5 and $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) March 5, both going 1 1/16 miles, are the next steps on the road to the Florida Derby. Sano said he already has Simplification's next start picked out.

“Right now we're going on to the Holy Bull,” he said. “I think it's perfect.”

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Simplification Keeps the Ball Rolling for Not This Time

Simplification (Not This Time) became the 17th stakes winner and third in the last six days for his in-form sire with a convincing victory in this first step on the road to the GI Florida Derby and–perhaps–beyond.

An even fourth on his 5 1/2-furlong debut on the synthetic track Oct. 1, the bay overwhelmed a group of Florida-bred maidens by 16 3/4 lengths Oct. 23, good for a 92 Beyer. He couldn't put them back to back, faltering to be third at long odds-on Nov. 13, but had his fair share of supporters Saturday.

Away without incident, Simplification was part of the early scramble for the lead and assume command outright hooking up with the course proper after an opening quarter of :23.70. Well rated through the middle fractions while traveling nicely for Javier Castellano, the second betting choice was a bit late swapping his leads in upper stretch and lengthened away in the final eighth of a mile before galloping out strongly into the turn.

“I told everyone, these are good horses but I thought the more distance would be better for my horse,” winning trainer Antonio Sano said. “When the horse ran six furlongs for the first time, he won easy, but that was a maiden special weight. The next race the horse was not ready. He did not work every day because [we had] the option to sell the horse. The horse was not sold. I told the owner, we'll enter Jan. 1 for one mile. Castellano worked the horse. He's a special horse, a very good horse.”

France Weiner, who also bred 2005 GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Closing Argument (Successful Appeal) with her husband Irwin, acquired Simply Confection for $80,000 carrying this colt in utero at Keeneland November in 2018. Simplification, whose second dam was a full-sister to champion Ashado, has a yearling half-sister by Mendelssohn that RNAd for $190,000 at FTSAUG last summer and a yearling filly by Audible. The mare is due to Union Rags. The winner is bred on the reverse cross of leading freshman sire Gun Runner.

MUCHO MACHO MAN S., $150,000, Gulfstream, 1-1, 3yo, 1m, 1:35.04, ft.
1–SIMPLIFICATION, 118, c, 3, by Not This Time
1st Dam: Simply Confection (SP, $124,688), by Candy Ride (Arg)
2nd Dam: Ballado's Halo, by Saint Ballado
3rd Dam: Goulash, by Mari's Book
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($50,000 RNA Wlg '19 KEENOV). O-Tami Bobo; B-France & Irwin J Weiner (FL); T-Antonio Sano; J-Javier Castellano. $92,070. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $125,270.
2–Strike Hard, 120, c, 3, Flashback–Coco's Sweetie, by Tenpins. 1ST BLACK TYPE. ($3,000 Ylg '20 FTKOCT; $25,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR). O-Miracle's International Trading Inc; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc (KY); T-Matthew J Williams. $29,700.
3–Mr Rum Runner, 118, c, 3, Uncaptured–Jitterbug Blues, by Pleasant Tap. ($17,000 RNA 2yo '21 OBSAPR). O-Lanes Mark Racing Stable & Danny J Pate; B-J F Webb (FL); T-Patrick L Biancone. $14,850.
Margins: 4, 7 1/4, NK. Odds: 4.20, 0.80, 22.00.
Also Ran: Graphic Detail, Sport Pepper, Skippylongstocking.
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