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$4.1 Million Bet Into Gulfstream Rainbow 6; Winning Tickets Each Worth $61,593

There were multiple winning tickets on Sunday's mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., with each ticket returning $61,593.78

There was $4,159,821 bet into Sunday's Rainbow 6. The carryover pool was $1.137 million.

Winners of races in the Rainbow 6 were:
– 6^th Race:          Pseudonym $10.20
– 7^th Race:          Flawless Moon $8.40
– 8^th Race:          Heir Ball $17.20
– 9^th Race:          Worth Avenue $10.80
– 10^th Race:        Sensible Myth $20
– 11^th Race:        Passion Plus $15

The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot 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.

Racing resumes Thursday at Gulfstream with a $100,000 guaranteed pool in the Rainbow 6 and a Super Hi 5 carryover of $3,665.47.

'Myth' Proves Herself in Sunday's Dayatthespa
Courtesy of a Hall of Fame ride by Edgar Prado, Sensible Myth pulled off an upset over 6-5 favorite Kelsey's Cross in Sunday's $60,000 Dayatthespa Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Diamond Racing Inc.'s Sensible Myth ($20) saved ground into the stretch before kicking in through the stretch to prevail over Kelsey's Cross by a neck to win her first career stakes in her third start for trainer Leo Gabriel Jr.

Kelsey's Cross pressed pacesetter Lagertha, a Chilean import who set fractions of 23.49 and 47.49 seconds for the first half in her U.S. debut, before moving to the lead on the turn into the homestretch. The favorite fought gamely in the stretch but fell a neck short of holding off Sensible Myth, who found room to ease off the rail at the top of the stretch. Great Sister Diane, the 5-2 second choice ridden by Miguel Vasquez, was forced to alter course at the top of the stretch before putting in a strong rally that fell a half-length short.

Sensible Myth ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.72 in the overnight stakes for fillies and mares.

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Pletcher Hoping Alydar Will Serve As Breakthrough Win For Spinoff

Wertheimer and Frere's Grade 2-placed homebred Spinoff, a veteran of last year's Triple Crown trail, swept to the lead on the far turn and turned back favored Endorsed through the stretch to earn his first stakes victory in Sunday's eighth running of the $85,000 Alydar at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

It was the third career win in the Alydar for Saratoga's leading rider Irad Ortiz, Jr. as well as Todd Pletcher, who moved into first place in the meet's trainer standings with his 16th victory at the summer stand.

Sent off at 3-1, Spinoff returned $8.40 for a $2 win bet. The 4-year-old Hard Spun colt covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.60 over a fast main track.

Spinoff won for the first time in four tries this year, having been beaten a neck when second in the Sunday Silence on May 17 over a sloppy track at Gulfstream Park. After coming up empty in a one-mile optional claiming allowance last out on July 2 at Belmont Park, he bounced back with a huge effort in the Alydar.

“He ran really well here last year in a mile and an eighth two-other-than and had a pretty rough trip last time and I think he ran better than it looked on paper,” Pletcher said. “We had good spacing to this and we had been pointing to it for a while. He's trained well and I thought we were going to get a good setup. The race kind of unfolded exactly how Irad and I talked about before the race and it's nice when it falls into place.”

Ortiz, Jr. settled Spinoff in the clear three wide as Its All Relevant, a winner of two straight and three of his last four races, was in front through a quarter-mile in 24.97 seconds and a half in 49.57, under moderate pressure from Bodexpress. Its All Relevant's lead shrunk as the field hit the turn and Spinoff and Bodexpress ranged up to challenge.

Spinoff came off the turn in front and was set down for a drive to the wire by Ortiz, Jr. as Endorsed, the 3-5 favorite who ran fourth in last year's Grade 1 Runhappy Travers, tried to mount his bid on the far outside but was unable to gain any ground. Spinoff crossed the wire 2 ¾ lengths in front, while there were 4 ½ lengths between Endorsed and Bodexpress in third followed by Backsideofthemoon and Its All Relevant. Tenfold was scratched.

Third in the Grade 2 Saratoga Special as a 2-year-old in 2018, Spinoff ran second in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby to punch his ticket to the 2019 Kentucky Derby where he ran 18th. After skipping the Preakness, the chestnut showed up in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes and ran sixth, beaten only three lengths, before a failed bid on turf in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby. His sophomore season ended when he rolled home 5 ¾ lengths the best in a nine-furlong optional claiming allowance last August at Saratoga.

“It's rewarding,” Pletcher said of the Alydar win. “He's a horse we always had high hopes for. We placed him pretty ambitiously. He's always been right on the verge of breaking through so hopefully, as a 4-year-old, maybe he can take it to the next level.”

Pletcher also won the first running of the Alydar in 2013 with Vitoria Olimpica, and followed up with Rally Cry in 2017. Ortiz, Jr. was first with Farhaan in 2014 and Royal Posse in 2016.

“My horse ran a great race today,” Ortiz, Jr. said. “Last time, he got in a little trouble. He relaxed so well today, and the race set up for him. In the turn, he relaxed in the clear and when I asked him to go, I got plenty from him.”

Live racing returns Wednesday to Saratoga to open the fourth full week of racing with a 10-race program that includes the 104 th running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Adirondack at 6 ½ furlongs for 2-year-old fillies in Race 9 at 5:17 p.m. First post is 12:50 p.m. Eastern.

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Tiz The Law Even-Money Favorite In Final Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Four weeks in advance of the rescheduled $3-million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), Belmont Stakes (Grade I) and Travers Stakes (GI) winner Tiz the Law is the clear-cut horse to beat in the eyes of bettors as he closed as the even-money favorite Sunday in Pool 7 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

If the future wager is any indication, Tiz the Law, a winner in six of his seven starts and an earner of $2,015,300, could be the shortest-priced Kentucky Derby favorite since Arazi finished eighth at odds of 4-5 in 1992. The only other horse to start at less than 2-1 odds during that span was Point Given, who finished fifth as the 9-5 choice in 2001.

Sackatoga Stables' Tiz the Law, trained by Barclay Tagg and ridden by Manny Franco, has been either the first or second individual favorite in every Future Wager pool since last November: Pool 1 (11-1); Pool 2 (8-1); Pool 3 (7-1); Pool 4 (5-1); Pool 5 (2-1); Pool 6 (5-2); and Pool 7 (1-1).

Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner and Shared Belief runner-up Honor A. P. and Blue Grass (GII) and Ellis Park Derby winner Art Collector both closed at odds of 8-1. Haskell winner Authentic was the 11-1 fourth betting choice.

Horses in order of favoritism in the three-day Aug. 7-9 KDFW Pool 7 (Final Odds and $2 Win Will Pays): #22 Tiz the Law (1-1, $4.20); #10 Honor A.P. (8-1, $18.20); #2 Art Collector (8-1, $19.60); #3 Authentic (11-1, $25.80); #23 Uncle Chuck (15-1, $33.20); #11 King Guillermo (19-1, $41); #24 “All Other 3-Year-Olds” (24-1, $51.60); #21 Thousand Words (25-1, $53.60); #4 Caracaro (29-1, $60.80); #19 Sole Volante (29-1, $60.80); #14 Ny Traffic (30-1, $63.40); #8 Enforceable (36-1, $74.60); #13 Max Player (38-1, $78.20); #7Dr Post (40-1, $82); #5 Country Grammer (55-1, $112.20); #17 Shared Sense (65-1, $132.20); #6 Dean Martini (66-1, $135.40); #1Anneau d'Or (70-1, $142.40); #12 Major Fed (79-1, $160.80); #20 South Bend (127-1, $256.80); #15 Pneumatic (140-1, $283); #9 Finnick the Fierce (164-1, $330.80); #16 Rushie (188-1, $379.80); and #18 Shivaree (285-1, $572.40).

The Kentucky Derby Future Wager, offered for a 22nd consecutive year, enables bettors to wager on possible Kentucky Derby contenders in advance of America's greatest race at odds that could be more attractive than those available on the day of the race.

On March 17, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby (GI), the 1 1/4-mile classic for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds, would be rescheduled from May 2 to Saturday, Sept. 5 amid public health concerns in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Total handle for Pool 7 of the KDFW was $194,215 ($122,573 in the Win pool and $71,642 in Exactas). Visit www.KentuckyDerby.com/FutureWager for more information.

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Art Collector Records Front-Running Win In Runhappy Ellis Park Derby

Art Collector, Bruce Lunsford's homebred colt by Bernardini, rolled to his fourth consecutive win for trainer Tommy Drury on Sunday, winning the $200,000 Runhappy Ellis Park Derby at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky.

Under confident handling from Brian Hernandez Jr., Art Collector covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.02, winning by about three lengths. Attachment Rate, who was wide much of the way, finished second for trainer Dale Romans and jockey Joe Talamo. Necker Island finished third, with Rowdy Yates fourth, Grade 3 Indiana Derby winner Shared Sense fifth and G3 Ohio Derby winner Dean Martini sixth in the field of 12 3-year-olds.

Art Collector set fractions of :23.33, :46.74, 1:10.70, and 1:35.25. Truculent, who pressured Art Collector for much of the way, finished last.

The race offered qualifying points (50-20-10-5) to the top four finishers for the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby.

“He's done nothing wrong this year, he's answered every question,” Drury said on TVG after the race.

Art Collector came into the Ellis Park Derby off a 3 1/2-length win over the filly Swiss Skydiver in the G2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on July 11, coming from just off the pace. He won two allowance races before that at Churchill Downs, one of them in wire-to-wire fashion.

“I never really sent him, he broke sharp like he always does,” Hernandez said on TVG. “If I needed do I thought I could run them off their feet. It was impressive. He was drawing away pretty easily. Like Tommy said, we wanted to use this race as a building block, a foundation.”

From the Distorted Humor mare, Distorted Legacy, Art Collector began his career racing on turf for trainer Joe Sharp. He finished sixth in his first dirt race at Churchill Downs last November, then came from off the pace to finish 7 1/2 lengths in front in a Nov. 30 allowance race. A post-race drug test turned up positive for the prohibited substance levamisole and Art Collector was disqualified from that win.

Lunsford subsequently moved the horse to Drury, who is based at the Skylight training center near Louisville.

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