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The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool was hit for a $533,783.63 payoff Thursday at Gulfstream Park. The popular multi-race wager had gone unsolved for 11 racing days following a jackpot hit Dec. 18 for a $137,119 payoff.

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.

Thursday's winning combination was 2-5-5-6-1-4. The only winning ticket was purchased through the NYRA hub.

The Rainbow 6 sequence was kicked off in Race 4 by Adeliese's Smile's 40-1 upset victory under Leonel Reyes.

Fresh off a strong Sunshine Meet, in which he finished a solid second behind Miguel Vasquez with 46 wins, Reyes has been catching the attention of Rainbow 6 bettors during the ongoing Championship Meet.

Reyes, for the second straight racing day, kicked off the Rainbow 6 sequence with a victory aboard a mount that went to post at odds of 40-1 or higher. The veteran rider, who has steadily gained the reputation as a jockey with a knack for bringing in longshots since arriving at Gulfstream from Venezuela in 2016, immediately put the multi-race wager in jeopardy with his score aboard Adeliese's Smile ($83.60) in Friday's Race 4.

On Wednesday's card, Reyes never gave up on tiring frontrunner Mitesse, who held on to capture the first leg of the Rainbow 6 at 48-1.

The Rainbow 6 will start anew Friday, where there will be a $2,233.98 Super Hi-5 carryover going into Race 1.

Friday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 4-9, featuring a mile-and-70-yard allowance race for Florida-bred 3-year-olds on Tapeta in Race 6 and a 7 ½-furlong optional claiming allowance for 4-year-olds on turf in Race 8.

In the race prior to Friday's Rainbow 6 sequence, Little Jewel, a 5-year-old sister to 2012 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) winner Little Mike, is scheduled to make her first start since finishing third in her career debut at Churchill Downs for trainer Carlo Vaccarezza on June 4, 2020.

Little Mike, who was owned by Vaccarezza's wife Pricilla, earned more than $3.5 million and also won the 2012 Arlington Million.

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Eight newly-turned 3-year-olds have been entered in Saturday's $150,000 Jerome Stakes, in which the top five finishers earn points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby system (10–4–3–2–1).

In terms of recent efforts at the highest level, we start with Arctic Arrogance, who finished second last month in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes after winning the state restricted Sleepy Hollow Stakes in October. General Banker is another horse who has run well recently in stakes, having won the New York Stallion Series Stakes easily by 8 1/2 lengths last month. Andiamo a Firenze finished second, beaten by a nose, in the New York Breeders' Futurity Stakes when last seen in mid-October and hopes to duplicate the feat of his half-brother, Firenze Fire, who won this race in 2018.

Then there's Lugan Knight, who won one race back in his second career start, then finished third in a highly rated race near the end of November. Circling the Drain, Narciso Dali, and Neural Network all hope to step up off maiden wins and compete at this tougher level, as does Valenzan Day, who won by eight lengths in his most recent start and was claimed for $50,000 out of that race by top trainer Linda Rice, who also saddles Arctic Arrogance.

Top contenders:

Lugan Knight has run in three one-turn races to date, not much different than this one-turn mile trip at Aqueduct, finishing in-the-money in all three races. The best of the three came in his most recent start on Nov. 26 when, although third, Lugan Knight earned a career-best 93 Equibase Speed Figure. Not only that, but he did so behind Victory Formation who is still unbeaten in three races, including the Smarty Jones Stakes on New Year's Day, a Road to the Kentucky Derby points race just like the Jerome. Victory Formation improved by six points over his previous effort, which suggests Lugan Knight will be in the 99 to 100 speed figure range with his effort in the Jerome; that should be good enough to win.

General Banker has won or placed in four of eight races, including two of four one-turn races on dirt. Better still, since adding blinkers in October, General Banker has improved his Equibase figures in three straight races, from 86 in October to 93 in November to a career-best 103 figure last month when winning the New York Stallion Series Stakes by eight lengths. That race was run at seven furlongs at Aqueduct and I expect General Banker to run as well or better running one furlong further in this event.

Arctic Arrogance is likely to be the betting favorite in this year's Jerome Stakes, because he finished second of seven last month in the higher level Remsen Stakes over the track. Taking the lead from the start in that mile and one-eighth race, Arctic Arrogance was in front at the mile mark, the point at which the Jerome ends, and battled gamely to the wire to be beaten just one-half length while 1 1/2 lengths ahead of the third horse. Arctic Arrogance is also an improving type, having earned an 85 figure near the end of September, then improving to 90 in October and finally to a career-best 100 figure last month. The only knock I can find is the colt has showed only a need-the-lead style in all four of his career races to date. That could prove problematic considering Narciso Dali led from start to finish in his most recent race, as did Circling the Drain, and Valenzan Day as well as Andiamo a Firenze have also done their best when leading early or very close to the front.

The rest of the field, with their best Equibase Speed Figures, is Andiamo a Firenze (87), Circling the Drain (81), Narciso Doll (91), Neural Network (85) and Valenzan Day (93).

Win contenders, in preference/probability order:
Lugan Knight
General Banker
Arctic Arrogance

Jerome Stakes
Race 8 at Aqueduct
Saturday, January 7, 2023 – Post Time 3:16 PM E.T.
One Mile
Three Year Olds
Purse: $150,000

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The 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have its gross jackpot pool guaranteed at $550,000 for Thursday's nine-race program at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

Post time is 12:10 p.m.

The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for 11 consecutive racing days since being solved for a $137,119 jackpot payoff Dec. 18. Multiple tickets with all six winners Wednesday each returned $3,522.46.

Thursday's Rainbow 6 spans Races 4-9, opening with a maiden special weight for 3-year-old fillies going one mile on the main track. Favored at 6-5 on the morning line is Three Chimneys Farm's Ana's Gun, second in debut in a 6 ½-furlong maiden special weight Nov. 20 at Aqueduct.

The feature comes in Race 7, an optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares 4 and up scheduled for 1 ½ miles over the Gulfstream turf. Bravo Kitten is the 5-2 program favorite, beaten a neck when facing older horses in a Sept. 3 allowance going 1 5/16 miles at Kentucky Downs. The Saffie Joseph Jr. trainee was fourth, beaten a length, in the Horseshoe Indianapolis last May in his lone stakes start.

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.

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Beginning this Saturday, Jan. 7, Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park will team to present an all-new wager, the 1/ST Coast to Coast Pick 5, which will include a player-friendly 15 percent takeout.  The Coast to Coast Pick 5, a $1 minimum bet, will be offered every Saturday and Sunday through April 9, Runhappy Santa Anita Derby Day.

With a No Consolation provision, there will be a 100 percent carryover of that day's net pool to the next day's Coast to Coast Pick 5 in the event there is no winning ticket with five correct selections.

Coast To Coast Pick 5 for Saturday, Jan. 7 races with approximate post time are as follows:

• Gulfstream Park:               4:10pm (ET)        Race 9
• Santa Anita Park:              4:30pm (ET)        Race 4
• Gulfstream Park                 5:09pm (ET)       Race 11
• Santa Anita Park                5:30pm (ET)       Race 6
• Santa Anita Park                6:30pm (ET)       Race 8

Entries for this Saturday's races at Santa Anita, to be highlighted by five California-Cup Day stakes, are available at santaanita.com.

For additional information on the all-new 1/ST $1 Coast to Coast Pick 5, please call (626) 574-RACE.

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