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Gulfstream Park: $650,000 Guarantee In Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $650,000 for Saturday's program at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Friday for the seventh consecutive racing day since a March 27 mandatory payout. Tickets with all six winners were each worth $1,406.70.

The jackpot pool is 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Saturday's sequence spans Races 6-11 and includes maiden special weights on the turf. In Race 7 and 3-year-olds and up in Race 9. Trainer Christophe Clement has the program favorite in both heats, sophomore Vancouver colt Q F Seventy Five and 4-year-old City Zip colt Voodoo Zip.

The feature comes in Race 10, an entry-level optional claiming allowance for older females going a one-turn mile. Drawing Away Stable's Don't Get Khozy is favored at 8-5 on the morning line, winning twice at the distance in five starts during the recently concluded Championship Meet for trainer Antonio Sano.

There will also be a carryover of $2,063.56 in the $1 Super Hi-5 for Saturday's opener.

Kelsey's Cross, Sutherland Score In Friday Allowance
Sanford Bacon and trainer Patrick Biancone's Grade 2-placed Kelsey's Cross, exiting a string of 12 consecutive stakes, dropped into allowance company Friday and made her familiar late run down the center of the track to take the featured race at Gulfstream Park.

Ridden by Chantal Sutherland, her second win from eight starts at the spring-summer meet, Kelsey's Cross ($11) won for the first time since capturing the Ginger Punch over the Gulfstream turf last June. The winning time in second-level event for older females was 1:33.23 over a firm course.

“It feels awesome. We gave her a little break before the start of the season and we just thought, 'Wow, she's going to have a great year,'” Biancone's daughter and assistant, Andie Biancone, said. “She looks so good, and she just keeps getting so unlucky. She has all the talent but she's never had the right trip. Chantal just gave her the most perfect ride and we couldn't have asked for anything better.”

Shifty She, unraced since December 2019, and last out winner La Babia battled on the lead through testing fractions of 23.92 seconds for the quarter-mile, 46.47 for a half and 1:08.83 after six furlongs. Racing on the far outside, Kelsey's Cross came with a steady run through the stretch to edge 8-5 favorite Lashara by a half-length. Hotsy Totsy was third.

“She really needs that good trip, but once she has that spot, she's awesome,” Biancone said. “She's all try.”

Kelsey's Cross, 5, had been winless in six starts since the Ginger Punch, finishing off the board in her last three, including the Via Borghese and Sunshine Filly & Mare Turf during Gulfstream's Championship Meet. Third in the 2020 Hillsborough (G2) and 2019 Wonder Again, she was sixth last out in the Endeavour (G3) Feb. 6 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Biancone said the connections will explore all options for Kelsey's Cross' next start.

“Who knows? There's always some nice little stakes here this summer and we could always go up to New York. She loves New York,” she said. “We'll see what Patrick has planned.”

Notes: Jockey Emisael Jaramillo rode back-to-back winners Friday with Tellington ($11) in Race 6 and Lauda Speed ($6.20) in Race 7 … Edwin Gonzalez also doubled, aboard Shikaka ($2.80) in Race 3 and Serenade a Kitten ($9.60) in Race 9.

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$500,000 Rainbow 6 Jackpot Guarantee At Gulfstream Park On Friday

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $500,000 for Friday's program at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Thursday for the sixth consecutive racing day since a March 27 mandatory payout. Tickets with all six winners were each worth $4,574.18.

There will also be a carryover of $2,695.50 in the $1 Super Hi-5 for Friday's opener.

Notes: Jockey Miguel Vasquez registered a two-win day Thursday aboard Holy Meister ($4.20) in Race 1 and Por Que No ($5.80) in Race 4. It was the fourth consecutive win for Fano Racing's 3-year-old filly Por Que No, trained by J. Kent Sweezey. Sweezey also sent out Kahiko ($5) to win Race 8 … Meet-leading rider Edgard Zayas also doubled on Perfect Enough ($30.80) in Race 5 and Uncle Fun ($12.80) in Race 7.

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Cross Country Pick 5 Features Stakes From Aqueduct, Oaklawn, Keeneland

The New York Racing Association, Inc. [NYRA] will host a Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday, April 10, featuring racing action from Aqueduct Racetrack, Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas and Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.

Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick 5 sequence are now available for download at https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/racing/cross-country-wagers.

The Big A will kick off the sequence with a one-mile allowance contest for 3-year-olds and up on the main track in Race 7 at 4:42 p.m. Eastern. An eight-horse field will see the Rudy Rodriguez-trained Yankee Division, who was third in the Alex M. Robb in December at the same track, take on challengers including Arham, a Todd Pletcher trainee making just his third career start after a debut win and a runner-up effort last out.

Keeneland will open the Cross Country Pick 5's stakes action with the $100,000 Giant's Causeway for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up going 5 ½ furlongs on the Haggin turf course in Race 8 at 4:57 p.m. Into Mystic, trained by Brendan Walsh, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite and boasts a record of 17-5-4-3 with purse earnings of $340,273.

Aqueduct will feature the first turf stakes of the year on the NYRA circuit when three-time graded stakes-winner Decorated Invader will take aim of the $100,000 Danger's Hour for 4-year-olds and up going one mile in Race 8 at 5:19 p.m. Decorated Invader, trained by Christophe Clement, enters his 4-year-old year after posting three victories in six starts as a sophomore, including back-to-back Grade 2 scores in the one-mile Pennine Ridge by 4 3/4 lengths in June at Belmont Park and following with a 1 1/4-length victory in the Hall of Fame in July at Saratoga Race Course.

Trainer Chad Brown will send out two in the Danger's Hour with Analyze It and the British-bred Delaware. Analyze It is also a three-time graded stakes-winner, including the Grade 3 Red Bank going one mile in September at Monmouth Park.

Action shifts back to Keeneland for the Grade 3, $200,000 Lexington for 3-year-olds competing at 1 1/16 miles in a qualifier for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby with 20-8-4-2 points on the line to the top-four finishers. The Lexington, slated for Race 9 at 5:30 p.m., will see Proxy look to add to the 34 Derby points he has already accumulated after runner-up finishes in the Grade 3 Lecomte and the Grade 2 Risen Star before running fourth in last month's Grade 2 Louisiana Derby. Hall of Famer John Velazquez has the mount and will break from post position seven aboard the Michael Stidham trainee. Bezos, a maiden winner last out on March 26 at Santa Anita, will make his first stakes appearance for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

Oaklawn will get in on the stakes action with an exciting conclusion, hosting the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile for 4-year-olds and up in Race 9 at 5:49 p.m. By My Standards, who earned more than $1 million as a 4-year-old in 2020, will make his first start as a 5-year-old when trainer Bret Calhoun sends the multiple Grade 2-winner out to face an accomplished field that includes fellow Grade 2-winner Rushie, who is also Grade 1-placed. Wells Bayou, who won the 2020 Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, will also be in the mix for reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on ADW platforms and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool. The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit www.NYRABets.com.

Cross Country Pick 5 – Saturday, April 10:
Leg A: Aqueduct– Race 7 (4:42 p.m.)
Leg B: Keeneland – Race 8 Giant's Causeway (4:57 p.m.)
Leg C: Aqueduct – Race 8 Danger's Hour (5:19 p.m.)
Leg D: Keeneland – Race 9 G3 Lexington (5:30 p.m.)
Leg E: Oaklawn – Race 9 Oaklawn Mile (5:49 p.m.)

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Friday’s Stronach 5: Three Tracks, Two Turf Races, 50 Minutes

Races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields, along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will highlight Friday's Stronach 5.

The multi-track wager continues to show a strong return on investment. Last week's Stronach 5, with three of the five winners returning $7 or less, had 42 winning tickets with each worth $2,752.

A field of nine 3-year-olds and up kick off Friday's Stronach 5 at Laurel. The seven-furlong starter optional claimer has a 5-2 entry in Shanghai Superfly and Shane's Jewel trained by Jamie Ness. Even Thunder and Beyond the Victory are both turning back in distance while Walk Away Joe goes out first time for trainer Dale Capuano.

The first of two turf races from Gulfstream makes up the second leg of the Stronach 5. The mile allowance optional claiming event for fillies and mares has a field of seven Lashara the 2-1 favorite. The daughter of American Pharoah will make her second start off a six-month layoff for Mark Casse. Hotsy Totsy enters the race after winning here for trainer Christophe Clement Feb. 18 off a 13-month layoff. Joe Bravo will be aboard.

Back to Laurel for the third leg of the sequence and a waiver maiden claimer for 3-year-olds. Portal One (8-5) will try to break his maiden off three consecutive second-place finishes. Mosler Safe debuts for Michael Trombetta while Buzzhound, trainer by Capuano, steps up a bit off a third-place finish in his debut.

Gulfstream's ninth race, the fourth leg of the sequence, brings together nine 3-year-old fillies going 7 ½ furlongs over the turf in a wide-open starter optional claimer. Trainer Mike Maker will have a strong hand with Lullula and Italian Twin, who was claimed for $35,000 after breaking her maiden last out.

The Stronach 5 wraps up out west with Golden Gate's third race, a claiming event for fillies and mares at 5 ½ furlongs. Moon Rocket, 5-2, goes for her second consecutive victory over Real Keeper, the 2-1 morning line favorite.

Friday's races and sequence

Leg One –Laurel Park 8th Race: (9 entries, 7 furlongs) 4:45 ET, 1:45 PT
Leg Two – Gulfstream Park 8th Race: (7 entries, 1 mile turf) 4:50 ET, 1:50 PT
Leg Three –Laurel Park 9th Race: (9 entries, 6 furlongs) 5:16 ET, 2:16 PT
Leg Four –Gulfstream Park 9th Race: (10 entries, 7 ½ furlongs turf) 5:22 ET, 2:22 PT
Leg Five –Golden Gate Fields 3rd Race: (7 entries, 5 ½ furlongs) 5:27 ET, 2:27 PT

Fans can watch and wager on the action at 1/ST.COM/BET as well as stream all the action in English and Spanish at LaurelPark.com, SantaAnita.com, GulfstreamPark.com, and GoldenGateFields.com.

The Stronach 5 In the Money podcast, hosted by Jonathan Kinchen and Peter Thomas Fornatale, will be posted by 2 p.m. Thursday at InTheMoneyPodcast.com and will be available on iTunes and other major podcast distributors

The minimum wager on the multi-race, multi-track Stronach 5 is $1. If there are no tickets with five winners, the entire pool will be carried over to the next Friday.

If a change in racing surface is made after the wagering closes, each selection on any ticket will be considered a winning selection. If a betting interest is scratched, that selection will be substituted with the favorite in the win pool when wagering closes.

The Maryland Jockey Club serves as host of the Stronach 5.

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