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Saturday's card at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $56,383 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Friday's nine-race program.

The $1 Pick 6 returned $299 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.

The sequence started off in Race 4 with Grade 1-placed Soldier Rising [No. 3, $3.20] taking an optional claimer under Jose Ortiz in his second start off a six-month layoff for trainer Christophe Clement. Race 5 saw Mexican Wonder Boy [No. 7, $5.40] win for a $40,000 tag sprinting six furlongs on the muddy main track after the race was taken off the turf. Heman Harkie engineered the winning ride for trainer Chandradat Goberdhan.

Veteran gelding Kumar [No. 3, $15] turned back two challenges down the stretch in Race 6 to land a $20,000 claiming victory under Jose Lezcano for trainer Gustavo Rodriguez with a rail-skimming trip. Galt [No. 2, $11.40] rode the rail down the backstretch in Race 7 before he was angled outside of Highly Respected down the lane to win the optional claimer for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Javier Castellano provided the winning ride.Wicked Fast [No. 4, $57.50], with Jose Lezcano up, provided the biggest upset in the sequence in Race 8 for trainer Jorge Abreu. The allowance win was the second on the card for Lezcano.

With the carryover already confirmed, Causin' Mayhem [No. 6, $4.10] went wire-to-wire as the even-money favorite in Race 9 to break his maiden with Manny Franco up for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher.

Saturday's Pick 6 will kick off in Race 5 [3:03 p.m. Eastern]. First post for the 10-race card, which features the Grade 2 Pennine Ridge in Race 9, is 1 p.m.

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 horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.

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The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $700,000 for Saturday's program at Gulfstream Park.

The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for 21 consecutive racing days since a lucky bettor hit for a $182,098 payoff April 28.

The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10, featuring the $65,000 Ginger Punch in Race 9. Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. will be well represented by Lovely Luvy and Sugar Fix in the 7 ½-furlong stakes for fillies and mares that is scheduled for turf but will be run on the Tapeta surface if necessary. Lovely Luvy and Sugar Fix finished 1-2, respectively, in the Lady's Turf Sprint during the Championship Meet.

Sugar Fix, a daughter of Treasure Beach, is eligible for the $35,000 win-only bonus offered to a winner who is FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes-nominated. Key Biscayne, Hardly Social, Demurely and Tracy Ann's Legacy are also eligible for bonus.

On Friday's card, the Joseph-trained Girolamo's Attack rallied after cutting the corner into the stretch to win the Race 6 feature, a 6 ½-furlong optional claiming allowance for 3-year-olds and up. The 4-5 favorite, who had faced much tougher stakes opposition in recent starts, ran 6 ½-furlongs in 1:16.20 to win by 1 ¼ lengths under Edwin Gonzalez.

Joseph and Gonzalez also teamed for a victory with Knox in Race 2, a five-furlong maiden special weight sprint for 2-year-olds. The Arindel homebred ($13.40) also rallied along the rail after cutting the corner into the stretch to win by 1 ½ lengths. The son of Brethren is nominated to the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes program and is eligible for the tradition-rich series for juveniles sired by accredited Florida stallions that will get underway Aug. 6.

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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Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Regret Stakes at Churchill Downs drew six 3-year-old fillies, but with three of the group stakes winners or stakes placed it should be a great race.

Kneesnhips is the only horse in the field with a stakes win on grass, that coming when victorious in the Allen “Black Cat” LaCombe Memorial Stakes in March. McKulick finished third in the Grade 2 Miss Grillo Stakes last fall in only the second start of her career, then was clearly second in her first start of 2022 one month ago in the Grade 3 Edgewood Stakes, in which Kneesnhips finished fourth. Candy Raid won the Bourbonette Oaks on the all-weather Tapeta surface in April before a troubled trip in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks last month when checking in ninth. Beside Herself and Walkathon both enter the Regret off wins on grass but in allowance races so are stepping up in class. Lola Flo rounds out the compact group, also coming into the race off a win on turf, but in a claiming level race. 

Win contenders:

Candy Raid has won three of 11 races in her career, but her best effort by far came on April 2 in the Bourbonette Oaks, run on the all-weather Tapeta surface at Turfway Park. Beginning last of 12, Candy Raid had no early speed and was still ninth after three-quarters of a mile had been run. Then, in the next furlong, jockey Rafael Bejarano, who was riding her for the first time, moved her past seven horses to gain second place with an eighth of a mile to run. Continuing with superb momentum, Candy Raid blew past the remaining horse to win by four and one-half lengths. That effort earned her a 100 Equibase Speed Figure, which is second only to the 103 figure McKulick (GB) earned in her most recent race. Next seen on conventional dirt in the Kentucky Oaks on May 6, Candy Raid raced last of 14 for the first five-eighths of a mile before running into traffic trouble where she was bumped and bothered, necessitating Bejarano to shift her path out into the stretch, when she passed some horses to end up ninth. Moving to turf is no concern although she is winless in two previous tries on the turf.

The reason I expect Candy Raid to run well on the grass is the only other foal of her dam is Last Samurai, a graded stakes winner at this 1 1/8-mile distance on dirt who has a win and a second-place finish in three turf races as well. With two strong workouts since the Kentucky Oaks, with Bejarano staying aboard and with breeding that screams turf, I think Candy Raid can repeat her Bourbonette Oaks effort and win this year's Regret Stakes.

McKulick has twice proven she belongs at this level on turf. After breaking her maiden at first asking on the turf at Saratoga last August, McKulick stepped right into stakes company and wasn't disgraced one bit when finishing third in the Miss Grillo Stakes, just a head from the runner-up. After taking seven months off to mature physically and mentally, McKulick returned on turf in the Edgewood Stakes on Kentucky Oaks day. Although she was out-finished by winner New Year's Eve, who had already run this year, McKulick was 4 1/2 lengths clear of the next horse with an effort earning her a field high 103 figure. Making her second start off the layoff, it is logical to assume McKulick (GB) will run even better in the Regret so it would be no surprise to find her getting her picture taken in the winner's circle after this race has been run. 

The rest of the field, with their best representative Equibase Speed Figures, is Beside Herself (89), Kneesnhips (92), Lola Flo (78) and Walkathon (91). 

Win Contenders:
Candy Raid
McKulick (GB)

Regret Stakes – Grade 3
Race 5 at Churchill Downs
Saturday, June 4 – Post Time 2:45 PM E.T.
One Mile and One-Eighth on Turf
Fillies, Three Years Olds
Purse: $200,000

Ellis Starr is National Racing Analyst for Equibase

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A $2,000 Pick Your Prize Handicapping Challenge on Saturday and a $300 Handicapping Contest on Sunday are among the highlights for Monmouth Park's upcoming weekend of racing.

The Pick Your Prize Handicapping Challenge is by reservation only. Players will be competing on site or through TVG or Xpressbet. The cost is $2,000, with $1,000 of that going toward the non-refundable entry fee and the other $1,000 to be used as the contest bankroll.

Reservations for onsite or TVG contestants can be made through Friday by contacting Brian Skirka at bskirka@monmouthpark.com or by calling 732-571-6595. Registration through Xpressbet is open until noon on Saturday.

Prizes available are 20 NHC seats and five BCBC seats plus cash.

There is a five-race minimum bet with no maximum on the number of races a contestant may wager on. The minimum bet per race is $200.

The wagering format will be win, place, show, exacta and Daily Doubles on Monmouth Park races only. For those onsite, the contest will be in the Turf Club and will include a lunch buffet.

In addition, players will receive a free $20 Fixed Odds bet. Fixed Odds tellers will be stationed in the Turf Club.

Check in is 10 a.m. to noon in the Turf Club.

Saturday is also BetMakers Day, with BetMakers representatives located outside the main Grandstand stairs, outside the group picnic area and on the first floor of the Clubhouse. Patrons will be able to spin a wheel for prizes, including a free Fixed Odds bet.

The racing program will be headlined by the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes at six furlongs for 3 year olds and up.

Sunday's $300 Handicapping Contest is a walk-up event, with registration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first floor of the Clubhouse. Contest players will have a $150 bankroll, with the other $150 going toward the entry fee.

Wagering will be on races from Monmouth Park, Belmont Park and Gulfstream Park. A minimum of 10 races must be bet, with a minimum of five being Monmouth Park races. There is no maximum to the number of races that can be wagered on.

The format will be win, place and show only.

In addition to cash, the top two finishers receive an NHC seat.

The feature race on Sunday is Smart N Classy Handicap for Jersey-bred fillies and mares 3 and up. The 50th annual Irish Festival will complement the Sunday racing program.

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