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Gulfstream Park: Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $200,000

The Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $200,000 Sunday at Gulfstream Park.

The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for six racing days following a June 11 mandatory payout.

The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 4-9, including a mile-and-70-yard maiden special weight event for fillies and mares on Tapeta in Race 6. David Fawkes-trained Bossy Lover, a 3-year-old daughter of Street Boss, is scheduled to make her debut. Her dam, Made to Love Her, was a stakes winner on Hollywood Park's all-weather surface in 2011.

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% of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30% is carried over to the jackpot pool.

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NYRA Sets Post Times For Upcoming Saratoga Meet

The New York Racing Association on Saturday announced post times for the upcoming 40-day summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, which will feature 77 stakes worth $22.6 million in total purses.

The summer meet opens Thursday, July 14, and concludes Monday, September 5.

The summer meet, which will offer at least one stakes race every live racing day, will be highlighted by the Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers on August 27 and the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 6.

With the exception of 12-race cards, Travers Day, Whitney Day, and Closing Weekend, first post on live race days will be 1:05 p.m. (ET).

The 153rd running of the Runhappy Travers highlights an action-packed August 27 card that includes five other graded stakes worth a total of $4.1 million.

The Runhappy Travers Day card will begin at 11:35 a.m. and also features the Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer for older horses at 1 1/2 miles on turf in pursuit of a berth into the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf; the Grade 1, $600,000 Personal Ensign for older fillies and mares going nine furlongs; the Grade 1, $600,000 Forego at seven-furlongs for 4-year-olds and upward; and the Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs. Rounding out the card is the Grade 2, $400,000 Ballston Spa for turf fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles.

Saratoga's first Grade 1 of 2022 is the $500,000 Diana for turf fillies and mares on Saturday, July 16. The card will offer a 1:05 p.m. first post and also includes the Grade 3, $175,000 Sanford, a six-furlong sprint for juveniles.

Whitney Day on August 6, which kicks off with a 12:35 p.m. first post, will feature three Grade 1 events, led by the Whitney at nine furlongs for older horses and offering an automatic berth to the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic in November at Keeneland.

Whitney Day will also include the $500,000 Longines Test for sophomore fillies and the $1 million Caesars Saratoga Derby Invitational, the second jewel of the Caesars Turf Triple series for sophomore males. Also on tap is the Grade 2, $250,000 Glens Falls for fillies and mares on turf, and the $135,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure.

Closing Weekend of the Saratoga meet will offer a 12:35 p.m. post time Saturday through Monday.

Saturday, September 3 will feature a pair of Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” events with the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup [Classic] at 10 furlongs for 3-year-olds and up, and the Grade 2, $600,000 Flower Bowl [Filly & Mare Turf], an 11-furlong turf test for older fillies and mares, to anchor a day that also includes the Grade 2, $250,000 Prioress and the Grade 3, $200,000 Saranac.

The Grade 1, $300,000 Spinaway for juvenile fillies features on the Sunday, September 4 card; and Closing Day on Labor Day, September 5 will offer the Grade 1, $300,000 Hopeful for juveniles and Grade 3, $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap on the turf for 3-year-olds and up.

For more information, visit NYRA.com.

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Weekend Lineup Presented By BetMakers: Summer Derby Season Kicks Off In Ohio

While the Kentucky Derby may be the biggest and most famous race for 3-year-olds in North America, there are more “derbies” throughout the summer months than you can shake a stick at.

Early season races like the Florida, Arkansas and Santa Anita Derbies serve as major preps for the big prize at Churchill Downs that everyone wants to win, but there are lots of consolation events for very good 3-year-olds racing on dirt once the Triple Crown ends in early June.

That season starts this weekend with Saturday's Grade 3 Ohio Derby at JACK Thistledown racetrack near Cleveland and continues with the G3 Indiana Derby, Iowa Derby and Los Alamitos Derby on July 9, the G3 West Virginia Derby on Aug. 6, and the Runhappy Ellis Park Derby Aug. 14, among other races.

The three big G1 dirt races for 3-year-olds during the summer months are the July 23 TVG.com Haskell, the Aug. 27 Runhappy Travers Stakes and the Sept. 24 Pennsylvania Derby.

The Ohio Derby came up strong with three horses who exited the Kentucky Derby last out heading the lineup in a field of eight. Tawny Port was established the 3-1 morning line favorite after a seventh-place finish behind longshot Rich Strike in the Run for the Roses.

Also worth noting that the weekend includes the Group 1 Irish Derby from the Curragh.

Here's a quick look at some of this weekend's graded stakes:

Saturday

4:40 PM – Grade 2 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park

Only five 3-year-old fillies are entered in this one-turn 1 1/16-mile main track fixture, and that's no surprise since it comes just two weeks after a four-horse field contested the G1 Acorn at Belmont going a one-turn mile on Belmont Stakes day. The only graded stakes winner among them is Juju's Map, who took the G1 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland last October before finishing second behind Echo Zulu in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. The daughter of Liam's Map will be the heavy favorite after a dominating allowance score at Churchill Downs May 6 in her only start at 3. Shahama had some trouble running sixth in the G1 Kentucky Oaks and will try to give Todd Pletcher his seventh Mother Goose win.

4:48 PM – Lady Jacqueline Stakes at JACK Thistledown

The Lady Jacqueline is not a graded race but its $250,000 purse brought a solid field of 10 to the North Randall racetrack and casino. Army Wife won back-to-back graded stakes in 2021 and was a good third to Malathaat in the G1 Alabama. She had a good prep at Churchill Downs to begin her 2022 campaign on June 2 for trainer Mike Maker. Kenny McPeek-trained Crazy Beautiful is another multiple graded stakes winner and Maracuja, who won the G1 CCA Oaks at Saratoga over Malathaat and Clairiere last summer is capable of winning this on her best day.

4:55 PM – Grade 3 Chicago Stakes at Churchill Downs

The Chicago is one of the graded stakes pilfered from the scrapheap at Arlington Park and, despite being won mostly by synthetic track specialists it has maintained its G3 ranking. The change of scenery, surface and increased purse has made this 2022 renewal worthy of its graded status and the field of seven is quite good. Sconsin and Bell's the One have developed a good rivalry while proving to be top-class sprinters, and Kalypso has shown to be particularly effective at seven furlongs, winning the G2 Santa Ynez and G1 La Brea at that distance in California when trained by Bob Baffert. But the mare they may all have to run down is Lady Rocket, from the Brad Cox barn.

5:35 – Grade 3 Ohio Derby at JACK Thistledown

The $500,000 Ohio Derby, which dates back to 1876 when it was run at defunct Chester Park in Cincinnati, is one of four stakes on the program on the Cleveland area track's biggest day of the year. G1 Florida Derby winner White Abarrio, G2 Tampa Bay Derby winner Classic Causeway and G3 Lexington Stakes winner Tawny Port – all exiting off-the-board finishes behind Rich Strike in the Kentucky Derby – head a line-up of eight 3-year-olds racing over nine furlongs. D. Wayne Lukas-trained Ethereal Road, whose scratch from the Kentucky Derby allowed Rich Strike into the field from the also-eligible list, may also be a solid contender after dominating the Sir Barton Stakes on the Preakness undercard May 21. Of the three horses exiting the Kentucky Derby, Classic Causeway may have the most early speed, something he failed to show when running 11th at Churchill Downs. The Giant's Causeway colt's owners moved the horse from Brian Lynch to Kenny McPeek. But there appears to be plenty of speed in the lineup with Dallas Stewart-trained Brigadier Gerard and Mike Maker-trained Pineapple Man capable of setting quick early fractions. There's probably a reason Irad Ortiz Jr. opted to come to Ohio to ride Tawny Port for Brad Cox. He'll be accelerating late.

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NYRA Triple Play Features Turf Racing From Belmont Park

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will offer a NYRA Triple Play wager on Sunday featuring three turf races at Belmont Park.

The NYRA Triple Play, a Pick 3 wager with a $3 bet minimum available exclusively to retail customers, has a takeout rate of 19 percent. Initially offered as the final three races on the Sunday card, the NYRA Triple Play will now feature three specially selected races.

Sunday's sequence kicks off in Race 2 at 1:32 p.m. Eastern with a state-bred maiden special weight field of seven fillies and mares 3-years-old and up travelling six furlongs over the inner turf. Christophe Clement will send out a pair of top contenders in Coolcatsnkittens and Saratoga Gaze. The former, a sophomore daughter of Vancouver, closed to finish second at second asking in her seasonal debut May 27 in a six-furlong maiden claiming sprint on the Belmont turf. The latter, a 4-year-old Laoban dark bay, has hit the board in all three career starts, including a close third last out on November 21 sprinting six furlongs over the Aqueduct Racetrack turf.

The second leg will feature a field of 11 fillies and mares 3-years-old and up sprinting seven furlongs over the Widener turf in a $35,000 claiming tilt [Race 5, 3:03 p.m.]. A contentious group includes Translate, who makes her first start since finishing a close third in a six-furlong turf allowance on March 19 at Santa Anita for trainer Robert Falcone, Jr. Lionessofbrittany, trained and co-owned by Steve Klesaris, finished second last out in the five-furlong Melody of Colors in March 2021 over the Gulfstream Park turf. Summer At the Spa, trained by Michelle Nevin, offers recency while entering from a 1 3/4-length claiming score on May 22 over the Belmont turf, besting next-out allowance winner Tis a Pity.

Closing out the sequence in Race 9 at 5:12 p.m. is an overflow field of state-bred fillies and mares 3-and-up traveling one-mile over the Widener turf in a $40,000 maiden claiming event. The Barclay Tagg-trained Cupere, who finished off-the-board in a trio of maiden special weight starts on the turf, shows back-to-back bullet works as she drops for a tag for the first time. Our Jessica, a veteran of six starts, also makes her debut in the claiming ranks for red-hot conditioner David Donk. The Clement-trained Smokin' Hot Kitty, who finished fifth in a pair of state-bred maiden turf sprints, will also attract attention in a field of 12 with many chances and four also-eligible entrants.

Featuring a $3 bet minimum, the NYRA Triple Play will cover three races on Sunday cards throughout the 44-day Belmont spring/summer meet. Each NYRA Triple Play will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool. Wagering on the NYRA Triple Play will be available on ADW platforms and at simulcast facilities across the country.

America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the spring/summer meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.

NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Belmont Park, and the best way to bet every race of the spring/summer meet. Available to horse players nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.

NYRA Triple Play, Sunday, June 26:

Leg A: Belmont Park, Race 2, state-bred maiden (1:32 p.m.)
Leg B: Belmont Park, Race 5, claiming (3:03 p.m.)
Leg C: Belmont Park, Race 9, state-bred maiden claiming (5:12 p.m.)

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