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Gulfstream Park: Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Yields Multiple $25k Payoffs

A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool wrapped up a memorable Pegasus World Cup weekend at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where multiple tickets with all six winners of the popular multi-race wager were each worth $25,194.88.

The Rainbow 6 had gone unsolved for 12 racing days in a row, generating a carryover pool of $727,306 heading into Sunday's 11-race program. An additional $5,348,491 was wagered into the pool of the multi-race wager that spanned Races 6-11.

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.

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New Yorker Harrison Has Lead As NHC Reaches Final Table Round

David Harrison of Webster, N.Y., leads the 2022 NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) presented by Racetrack Television Network, Caesars Entertainment, and Bally's Las Vegas, with a bankroll of $325.60 following Sunday morning's Semifinals round.

The top 10 continue on to this afternoon's Final Table presented by Caesars Sportsbook and Global Tote, A BetMakers Company, where the ultimate placings will be determined for the $725,000 grand prize down to $50,000 for 10th. Bankrolls from previous rounds carry over to the Final Table, where players must select one horse for a mythical $2 Win-Place wager on each of the same seven races.

The Final Table players, in descending order by bankroll:

Bankroll, Name, Hometown, Qualifying Site, Past NHC success

1. $325.60, David Harrison, Webster, N.Y., HorsePlayers.com, 3-time NHC qualifier

2. $295.20, Albion Benton, Manchester, N.H., HorsePlayers.com, 3x qualifier

3. $291.80, Ryan Patrick Scully, Montgomery, Ill., Hawthorne Race Course, first-time qualifier

4. $263.40, David McCarty, San Diego, NHC Tour, 8x qualifier

5. $257.60, Frank Paros, Jupiter, Fla., Canterbury Park, first-time qualifier

6. $252.80, Sally Goodall, Las Vegas, NTRA / HorseTourneys.com, 20x qualifier, NHC Hall of Fame

7. $245.10, Shirley Wolff, Holmdel, N.J., Horseplayers.com, 3x qualifier

8. $240.40, Mike Somich, Raleigh, N.C., Lone Star Park, 3x qualifier, Day 2 highest earner

9. $239.10, Kevin Smith, Coral Gables, Fla., Bally's Last Chance, 2x qualifier

10. $234.00, Dale Day, Yukon, Okla., NTRA free contest, first-time qualifier

The Final Table mandatory races are (all times PT): Gulfstream Park Race 10, 1:42 p.m.; Fair Grounds Race 7, 2:05 p.m.; Sam Houston Race 6, 2:23 p.m.; Fair Grounds Race 8, 2:36 p.m.; Sam Houston Race 8, 3:23 p.m., Sam Houston Race 9, 3:53 p.m.; Santa Anita Park Race 9, 4:34 p.m.

Sam Houston's stakes-laden Houston Racing Festival card is part of the Final Table for the first time since the Final Table's debut as the climactic round of play in 2014.

In addition to the $725,000 first-place cash prize, the winner of the Final Table will receive an Eclipse Award as the 2022 Horseplayer of the Year and will be honored at next year's Eclipse Awards ceremony. The upcoming Eclipse Awards on Feb. 10 will honor 2021 champions, including 2021 NHC winner and Horseplayer of the Year Justin Mustari.

NHC Tour winner Kevin Costello advanced to the Semifinals with both of his entries, finishing 19th ($206) with Entry 1 and 53rd with Entry 2 ($173.60), which was the one eligible for a $5 million bonus if he could have won the NHC. Costello was the only player with two entries in the Semifinals round.

For the complete TVG Leaderboard and other contest information, please visit NTRA.com.

In a separate Consolation Tournament for players that did not reach the Semifinals round, David Wolff of Holmdel, N.J., husband of Final Table player Shirley Wolff, won the $10,000 top prize with a bankroll of $141.60 from 10 optional races. The Consolation Tournament started with bankrolls reset to zero. Cash prizes totaling $50,000 were awarded, from the $10,000 first prize down to $1,000 for 20th.

The three-day NHC wraps up Sunday evening with the annual Champions Dinner at the Bally's Event Center.

In addition to its three presenting sponsors – RTN, Caesars Entertainment, and Bally's Las Vegas – the NHC is supported by official partners Daily Racing Form, EquinEdge, FanDuel Group, Four Roses Bourbon, NYRA Bets, Race Lens, TVG, and 1/ST Bet. The Final Table, where only the top 10 players advance to determine final placings based on seven climactic races, is sponsored by Caesars Sportsbook and Global Tote, A BetMakers Company.

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McCarty Maintains National Horseplayers Championship Lead Into Final Day

David McCarty of San Diego grinded out another day of consistent mid-range prices to maintain his lead after Day 2 of the 2022 NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) presented by Racetrack Television Network, Caesars Entertainment, and Bally's Las Vegas. McCarty has amassed a bankroll of $248.80 to lead 643 entries in the richest and most prestigious handicapping contest in the world. Sally Goodall, inducted into the NHC Hall of Fame last year, sits a menacing second with $245.60.

All players made mythical win-place wagers on 18 races Friday and 18 races on Saturday from eight racetracks. McCarty, making his eighth NHC appearance, began the day atop the TVG Leaderboard with a mythical bankroll of $162.80.

“My biggest winner today was 7 or 8-1 and yesterday it was 13-1,” McCarty said. “I haven't had any bombs. I wanted to get another $100 today and I almost got there. I've just been bouncing around between chalk and mid-priced horses.

“I'd like to capitalize on the fact that I'm already up there and at least finish in the top five.”

McCarty, 79, is a biotechnology consultant who ran multiple startups, including one that was purchased by a company that soon went public. He is a Turf Club member at Del Mar. McCarty has been playing horses since he was a teenager and ran daily double wagers to Santa Anita for his friend's father.

Goodall, a 20-time NHC qualifier, moved into the top 10 with a win in Tampa Bay's fourth. Five-year-old mare Moniques Daredevil won easily at 8-1 stretching out to two turns on the dirt.

“You have strategies and sometimes they work, sometimes not,” she said. “Every day is different and you just hope for the best. I like to make pedigree plays and today they worked for me.”

Both women in the NHC Hall of Fame are in the top 10. Judy Wagner, the 2001 NHC winner, is seventh with $201.80. There are two former NHC winners among the top 10 – Wagner and 2019 champ Scott Coles (ninth, $200.70).

NHC Tour winner Kevin Costello made the cut with both of his entries, sitting in 16th ($187.40) with Entry 1 and 54th with Entry 2 ($162), which is the one eligible for a $5 million bonus should he win the NHC.

The leading earner on Day 2 was Mike Somich, who put together a $169.80 performance. Even after getting blanked on Day 1 the performance was enough to make the cut in 37th place with $169.80. Somich, 38, of Raleigh, N.C., will receive a Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge entry worth $10,000.

The three-day NHC concludes Sunday at Bally's. The top 64 entries (top 10%) after today's Day 2 action carry their mythical bankroll into Sunday's Semifinals round, which will require mythical win-place wagers on 10 races from a menu of 22 races. The top 10 from the Semifinals advance to Sunday afternoon's Final Table presented by Caesars Sportsbook and Global Tote, A BetMakers Company, to determine the 2022 NHC champion. The grand prize winner will receive the $725,000 first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year.

For the complete TVG Leaderboard and other contest information, please visit NTRA.com.

Defending champion Justin Mustari will not continue on to the Semifinals. He checked in at 108th ($137.20).

Canale Wins Charity Challenge
Michael Canale, senior producer of broadcast and video content at Oaklawn Park, won the 8th Annual NTRA NHC Charity Challenge presented by Four Roses Bourbon with a final bankroll of $87.30 from eight contest races. Matt Rybaltowski, the sports betting writer, finished second with $82.50 and Sean Clancy checked in third with $79.10.

Canale selected the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance to receive a $2,500 donation in his name to go along with another $2,500 committed to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.

“I've been in this game well over 20 years and I just think it's important to give back to the horses and make sure they're well taken care of,” Canale said. “The two causes in acing that are closest to my heart are the jockeys, because I've gotten to know so many of them over the years and have such respect for what they do, and the horses.”

A field of 71 contested the NHC Charity Challenge. Canale, who covered previous NHCs on site in his roles as a producer with TVG and HRTV, joins an illustrious list of past winners: track announcer and jockey agent Jimmy McNerney (2021), broadcaster and public handicapper Jude Feld (2020), public handicapper Dawn Lupul (2019), racing executive and public handicapper Ed DeRosa (2018), public handicapper Ellis Starr (2017), broadcaster and handicapper Matt Bernier (2016), and broadcaster Bob Neumeier (2015).

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Mandatory Payout Sunday In Gulfstream Park Rainbow 6

Pegasus World Cup Weekend will be wrapped up in grand style with a mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool Sunday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The popular multi-race wager has been building a jackpot for 12 racing days in a row, generating a carryover pool of $727,305.66 heading into Sunday's 11-race program. Sunday's pool is estimated to grow to $3 million or higher.

Sunday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-11, kicked off by a five-furlong turf dash for $12,500 claiming fillies and mares. Queen Calypso and Filmore East, who will make their first starts for trainers with 30-percent strike rates with off-the-claim starters, are rated at 3-1 and 7-2, in the morning line.

A 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race on turf for 3-year-old fillies follows in Race 6. Trainer Chad Brown is represented by two first-time starters in the full field – Public Service, a daughter of Hard Spun, and Ughrouda, a daughter of Curlin. Todd Pletcher-trained Beside Herself, a very wide third in her Gulfstream debut, is rated as the 3-1 morning-line favorite.

Ever-steady Don't Get Khozy is rated at 9-5 in a seven-furlong optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares in Race 7, which is followed by a well-stocked 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race for 3-year-olds on turf. Brown-trained Bandimere, a son of More Than Ready, and Pletcher-trained Celestial Glaze, a son of Frosted, are among the first-time starters.

Elizabeth Dobles' Cuy is slated to seek his third win in a row over Gulfstream's Tapeta course in Race 9, a 5 ½-furlong starter allowance. The sequence will be wrapped up by a mile optional claiming allowance on turf, featuring a full field of older horses, in Race 10, and a 1 1/16-mile race for $10,000 claimers on Tapeta in Race 11.

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