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Due to a forecast calling for heavy rain, live racing has been cancelled for Saturday, Oct. 1, for the all-turf Monmouth-at-Meadowlands meet, the track announced on Friday.

The six races scheduled for Saturday will be extras when entries are taken on Tuesday, Oct. 4, for the Friday, Oct. 7, card.

The five remaining all-turf cards following tonight's program will take place Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 22 with the exception of Saturday, Oct. 15, when Far Hills will feature its 101st steeplechase meet.

Post time for the Monmouth-at-Meadowlands cards is 7 p.m.

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A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool is scheduled for Saturday's FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes program at Gulfstream Park.

Heading into Friday's program, the Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot pool stood at $392,377. Should the popular multi-race wager go unsolved, the pool is estimated to grow to $1.5 million or more Saturday

On mandatory-payout days, the entire Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the six-race sequence. The 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.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 6-11, featuring the $100,000 Gil Campbell Memorial in Race 7, the $400,000 My Dear Girl in Race 8 and the $400,000 In Reality in Race 10.

The Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $550,000 Friday, the first day of the Sunshine Meet. The sequence will span Race 4-9, headlined by an optional claiming allowance for 3-year-olds in Race 7. Paco Lopez, who ran off with the riding title at Monmouth Park, returns to Gulfstream for the weekend and will ride morning-line favorite Cashier Check in the 1 1/16-mile race on Tapeta.

Miguel Vasquez, who has been a steady presence in South Florida racing since arriving from Panama in 2014, captured his first jockey's title after riding 108 winners during the Royal Palm Meet that came to a close on Sunday. Vasquez, who will turn 28 Saturday, finished with 23 more winners than runner-up Leonel Reyes. Edgar Perez ranked third with 75 winners.

Saffie Joseph Jr. added the Royal Palm Meet to his growing list of training titles by saddling 68 winners at Gulfstream during the spring and summer months. Rohan Crichton finished second in the standings with 33 winners, while Jose D'Angelo saddled 29 winners.

Arindel, whose Lynx will attempt to sweep the FSS series for fillies in Saturday's My Dear Girl, led all owners with 15 winners during the Royal Palm Meet. Sonata Stable finished with 12, while St. George Stable won 11 races.

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Eleven races have been carded for the final day of live racing at the 2022 Summer Meet this Sunday, Oct. 2, at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, Calif. First post on Closing Day is 12:45 PM.

Mandatory payouts will be in play on Sunday. The Golden Pick Six, which starts in Race 6 and runs through Race 11, is a 20-cent minimum bet and is expected to attract a strong six figure new money pool. Heading into Friday's card, the jackpot carryover amount sits at $17,761, and will be bigger by Sunday if there fails to be a single winning jackpot ticket in the next two racing days. Before scratches on Sunday, 56 horses are entered throughout the Pick 6 sequence, averaging out to over 9 horses per race.

Both Pick 5 sequences are also mandatory payout wagers. The Early Pick 5, which features the first five races on the program, is a low 14% takeout wager. The Late Pick 5 consists of the last five races on the card and, like the early sequence, is a 50-cent minimum bet.

The last Rolling Super High Five bet on Sunday is the final wager which has a mandatory payout. For there to be a Rolling Super High Five wager in a particular race, that race must have 7 or more starters. Race 11 (with 8 entrants) will feature the mandatory Rolling High Five payout unless there are two or more scratches, in which case the mandatory payout would be moved to Race 10.

A strong group of race days has been assembled for Closing Week of the Fall Meet. Friday features 8 races with first post set for 1:45 PM. 10 races made the overnight for Saturday, which kicks off at 12:45 PM. Throughout this week, the last two races on each card at Golden Gate are part of the Golden Hour Pick 4 and Golden Hour Double wagers, back in action with the resumption of live racing at Santa Anita.

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This Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs may not be a qualifying race for the Breeders' Cup Classic five weeks from Saturday, but it certainly has implications because the top three contenders may be running in that race depending on their efforts in this one.

Hot Rod Charlie leads the field in career earnings at $5.2 million. The hard trying colt with 12 in-the-money finishes from 15 dirt races in his career just missed second by a head in the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes.

Art Collector has won 10 of 19 career starts and banked $2.3 million. He enters the Lukas Classic off a win in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic which he also won in 2021.

Happy Saver ($1.1 million) has finished second in three straight top races since returning from a five month layoff in May. The three horses who beat him – Olympiad, Flightline and Life is Good – are all at the top of the Breeders' Cup Classic division.

King Fury has won four of 12 races in his career with three of those wins coming at Churchill Downs including the Bourbon Trail Stakes, at the distance of this race, by 13 lengths last September. He enters this race off a third place finish in August in the Fort Larned Stakes.

Then there's Rich Strike, who shocked the world at 80 to 1 when winning the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby in May. Sixth and fourth since then, Rich Strike is the only 3-year-old in the field and returns to the track which made him famous.

Chess Chief rounds out the sextet which will compete in this race. His last win came in December of last year in the Tenacious Stakes and he has not finished better than third in five races since then.

Win contenders:

Hot Rod Charlie tries every time he races, as he's not been worse than third in 11 of his last 12 races. He's won four of those dozen, and been beaten by inches in another two. Last year Hot Rod Charlie won the Haskell Stakes but was disqualified to seventh for interference. He returned six weeks later to win the Pennsylvania Derby, earning a career best 117 Equibase® Speed Figure with that effort. After a fourth place finish among some of the best in the division in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic, Hot Rod Charlie missed by a nose in California then shipped half way across the world to win the Al Maktoum Challenge and finish second in the $12 million Dubai World Cup. Then, following three months off he was beaten a head in the Salvator Mile Stakes, earning a new career-best 118 figure, which improved to 122 in August when third in the Whitney Stakes. In that race, while no match for one of the fastest horses in North America in Life is Good, Hot Rod Charlie was once again tough as nails in the stretch when battling with Happy Saver and coming up a head short of second to that one. On a pattern for more improvement making his third start off the layoff, Hot Rod Charlie appears set to get back into the winner's circle in the Lukas Classic.

Happy Saver has run against the top three horses in North America on dirt since May, first when he was second to Olympiad in the Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs in May, although that effort came following five months off. Next in the Metropolitan Handicap in June, Happy Saver faced division leader Flightline, who will be favored in the Breeders' Cup Classic off his sensational win in the Pacific Classic this summer. Finally in his most recent start, Happy Saver finished second to Life Is Good, another of the best of the best in 2022 on dirt in North America. With none of that trio entered in the Lukas Classic, it is likely betting favoritism will fall to Happy Saver, and considering his last race figure (122 ) is tied for the best by any horse in the field ever, he has every right to succeed.

Art Collector is likely the horse which the other five will have to catch to win as he is the only horse truly comfortable leading from the start. That style resulted in his last two victories in his last two starts. The first of the two came in the Alydar Stakes in August, following five months off. Then Art Collector won the Charles Town Classic for the second year in a row. Although his win in the Charles Town Classic earned a 113 figure well below the 122 earned by Hot Rod Charlie and by Happy Saver in their most recent races, Art Collector earned 121 and 120 figures last summer and fall including a win in the Woodward Stakes on this weekend one year ago, so he could play “come catch me” successfully in this situation.

The rest of the Lukas Classic field, with their best Equibase Figures, is Chess Chief (105), King Fury (108) and Rich Strike (106).

Win Contenders:
Hot Rod Charlie
Happy Saver
Art Collector

Lukas Classic Stakes – Grade 2
Race 10 at Churchill Downs
Saturday, October 1 – Post Time 5:26 PM E.T.
One Mile and One Eighth
Three Year Olds and Upward
Purse: $500,000

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