The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 4-9 on Thursday's program with a 12:30 p.m. ET first-race post time. The popular multi-race wager will kick off in Race 4 with a very competitive 7 ½-furlong turf race for $35,000 claimers. Among the leading contenders is Threshold, claimed for $35,000 out of a recent second-place finish by trainer Larry Rivelli, who has a 52-percent strike rates with off-the-claim starters. Former graded-stakes winner Nobly Indy, Embolden, a Mike Maker-trained dropdown; are also entered.

A challenging 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race with a full field of well-bred, well-connected fillies and mares on turf concludes the sequence. Danny Gargan-trained Pharoah's Jewel, a daughter of American Pharoah who finished third in her recent debut after encountering traffic, will take on first-time starters trained by Hall of Famers Bill Mott and Todd Pletcher, as well as Patrick Biancone and Brian Lynch.

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.

Who's Hot: Irad Ortiz Jr. tripled aboard Oakhurst ($3.20) in Race 3, Rebelde ($6.80) in Race 7 and Buenisimo ($5.20) in Race 8.

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The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 3-8 on the Wednesday card that will get under way at 12:30 p.m. The sequence will be kicked off by a maiden special weight race on Tapeta that attracted several well-bred, well-connected 3-year-old fillies.

Trainer Christophe Clement is represented by two fillies in the mile-and-70-yard event – Myriskyaffair, a first-time starter by Verrazano and Adelie, an Irish-bred filly who finished in a dead-heat for second, a neck behind the winner, in a Tampa Bay Downs maiden race on turf Dec. 11. Chad Brown-trained Oakhurst, a daughter of Mr. Speaker, will make her second start at Gulfstream after finishing a very wide fourth from a far-outside post on turf. Todd Pletcher-trained Platinum Moon, a daughter of Malibu Moon, and Silverleaf, a Kenny McPeek-trained daughter of Speightster, are scheduled to debut in the nine-horse field.

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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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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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.

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.

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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First race post time is 12:30 p.m. ET.

Multiple tickets with all six winners were sold Sunday, each worth $3,806.06. The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for eight consecutive racing days since a $159,442.38 payout Jan. 13.

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.

Wednesday's Rainbow 6 spans Races 4-9.

Who's Hot: Jockey Junior Alvarado visited the circle twice Sunday, with Six Feet Apart ($3.40) in Race 1 and Lucago ($5) in Race 8. Jockey Paco Lopez also doubled aboard Yeguita Queen ($12.20) in Race 3 and Phantom Vision ($13.40) in Race 9. Trainer David Fawkes saddled two winners, Riveting Spirit ($10) in Race 5 and Doctor Ron ($10) in Race 10.

Notes: Starting Wednesday, jockey Jose Ortiz will begin riding at the Championship Meet. Irad Ortiz Jr.'s younger brother is named in four races Wednesday and five Thursday, and is expected to be aboard Sacred Life in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) and Regal Glory in the $500,000 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf (G3) Jan. 29. Jose Ortiz had 39 wins and nearly $1.8 million in purse earnings during the 2019-2020 Championship Meet, and 50 wins and more than $2.5 million in purses earned last winter.

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Saturday is also California Cup Day at Santa Anita and a total of 56 horses have been entered to run in the Rainbow 6 sequence, races five through 10, making average field size 9.3 runners per race.

With a 10-race card on tap, there will be special early first post time of 12 noon and approximate post time for race five, is at 2:05 p.m. PT/5:05 p.m. ET.

Race five is a maiden $50,000 claimer for California-bred or sired 3-year-olds at six furlongs.  With a purse of $39,000, the race attracted a field of eight.

Four out of the five Cal Cup Day races are included in Saturday's Rainbow 6, beginning with the $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic presented by City Bank, which has been carded as race six.  A field of eight older horses will go a mile and one eighth on turf.

Race seven, a $69,000 first condition allowance for older California-bred or sired horses at six furlongs, has also drawn a field of eight.

Race eight, the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint, for older fillies and mares at about 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf course, has attracted a full field of 12, with one horse on the also eligible list.

Race nine, the $150,000 Don Valpredo Cal Cup Sprint, will showcase a field of eight older horses at six furlongs.

Saturday's 10^th race, the $200,000 Leigh Ann Howard Cal Cup Oaks, has a field of 12 sophomore fillies at one mile on turf.

Admission gates will open early Saturday at 10 a.m. and Santa Anita's spacious Infield Area will be open via Gate 6 off of Colorado Place on the track's northern perimeter.

For additional information, including complete Cal Cup Day entries, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.

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I was in my office Friday afternoon and thought I'd go online to see what races were coming up. I started betting on horses about a dozen years ago and am not an everyday player – more like weekly. My favorite bets are Pick 4's and Pick 5's. I don't play Pick 6's that often because, frankly, they are so hard to hit.

I logged on to my TwinSpires account and noticed that it was about 10 minutes before the fifth race at Gulfstream Park – the start of the Rainbow Pick 6. I knew about the mandatory payout on Saturday and planned to play it then. I hadn't even looked at Friday's entries or past performances but the timing was right and I said to myself, “What the hell? Why not?”

I pulled up selections for two handicappers that I follow. The first is Dan Cronin at www.fatbaldguyracing.com. Dan does a really good job of helping put together tickets for Pick 4's and Pick 5's. I like his format and the way he adds comments to his suggestions. It's helpful in putting a ticket together. The second one was The Wizard at Daily Racing Form. It's a handicapping sheet I've had good luck with.

I didn't even have time to look at past performances, so I put my ticket together based on suggestions from Dan Cronin and also The Wizard.

When I play Pick 5's and 6's, I try to find a single or go skinny on a leg or two, then hit the “all” button when I can and hope for a couple of bombs. Because I didn't have much time, I couldn't find a single. I used two horses in the first leg, the fifth race, followed by five in the second, five in the third, all nine entrants in the fourth, three in the fifth and four in the sixth and final leg.

The ticket came out to $1,080. That's about twice as much as I'll usually play, and I was kicking myself after Souper Legacy won the opening leg as the 13-10 favorite. That's the horse I was going to single. He won by a head over Bird Wildcat, a horse I didn't use. If I'd singled Souper Legacy, my ticket would have cost $540.

I had the top four finishers in the second leg, a maiden race won by American Starlet. She paid $9.20, beating the favorite by two lengths.

After that race, I had to go out and run a few errands and then head home. We were going to a friend's house down the street for dinner at six o'clock and when I got home I wanted to get in a workout before we left. At that point, I'd forgotten about the ticket. I came upstairs to get something off the computer and that jogged my memory. I thought, “Let me check on that Pick 6 and see where I am.”

I looked at the seventh race, the third leg, where I had five horses, and said, “Wow, I caught the eight at big odds.” Bahamian Rhapsody won the race and paid $25.

The next leg I've got all nine starters so I'm hoping for a longshot. Sure enough Family Time went off at 14-1 and won wire to wire.

The fifth leg I'm only three deep, but I had the five horse, Collaborate, who won it and paid $7.60.

I looked up the “will pays” and I was alive to four horses in the final leg, a mile race on the turf. I had the 1-2-3-4 horses. The payouts were about what you'd expect for three of the horses, but the No. 3 horse, Canelo, stood out. You could easily see that was the whole pool. There was one ticket and I had it.

This was the only ticket I played, and it didn't occur to me to start hedging and bet on other horses in that final race. At that point, what are the odds I'm going to hit this? I've got the top three favorites, plus this 32-1 bomb, Canelo. I'm thinking, “What if the three wins? How crazy would that be?” It was Canelo's second start and first time on turf and around two turns. I checked to see if anyone likes the horse, but his odds were actually going up as we got closer to the race.

I still had about 10 minutes and I wanted to get a workout in before we left for dinner. So I went downstairs and watched the race on my phone while I'm working out.

When the three got a nice break from the starting gate, gets over to the rail and gets an easy lead, I'm like, “That's cool. At least there's that.”

Corey Lanerie is riding the horse, and he's controlling the pace all the way around. But on the final turn as they're getting ready to hit the stretch, I see the No. 2 horse – the 6-5 favorite – making a move.

My first thought was, “Thank goodness I have the two on my ticket.” If the two wins I get $6,077. But the three horse keeps going, and I'm screaming “Go three! Go three! Go three!” My wife and daughter heard the commotion and ran downstairs wondering what in the world is going on.

The race had just ended, with Canelo well in front, and I said, “I think I just won over a million dollars.”

My wife said, “What? Are you sure? You better check your ticket.”

So I check the ticket over and over and said, “Yes, I've got this.”

I waited a few minutes for it to be official and hit the button on my phone to update my TwinSpires balance, and there it is. The payout was about $912,000 after taxes were withheld.

I've had one other big score since I started playing the races – a Pick 6 at Belmont Park a few years ago that paid about $37,000 – but nothing close to this. I still can't believe it happened.

Was it just dumb luck? Yes, it was. And that's why you can't really handicap this kind of bet where you have to be the only winner. My method for this was very unscientific: I just tried to put together a manageable ticket.  There was more luck than anything else, and the stars just aligned for me.

I know I probably caused a lot of heartburn at Gulfstream Park, because they were going to have a huge pool on Saturday if no one hit it. But I've been on the other side of this a few times.

Our celebration Friday night was pretty modest. A pot-luck dinner with our friends and their kids had already been planned, and we feasted on cabbage rolls, canned beans and canned turnip greens. My wife thought maybe we should have done something different, but it was fun.

I'll probably take the weekend off as far as betting is concerned. I'm still stunned this happened. I haven't figured out yet what to do with the money, but my wife said she has some ideas.

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Jockey Corey Lanerie guided Lauren Robson, Naser Buresli and Gary Potter's Canelo ($67.20) – a 4-year-old Gemologist gelding making just his second career start – to a front-running 32-1 upset of Friday's Race 10 finale to complete the winning 3-3-8-7-5-3 combination.

Other winners in the sequence were Souper Legacy ($4.60) in Race 5, American Starlet ($9.20) in Race 6, Bahamian Rhapsody ($25) in Race 7, Family Time ($30.80) in Race 8 and Collaborate ($7.60) in Race 9.

The Rainbow 6 had gone unsolved for 17 consecutive race days since last hit for a $407,067.66 payout Dec. 11. A total of $348,367 was put into the popular multi-race wager Friday, which had a guaranteed gross jackpot pool of $1.3 million.

Saturday's 11-race program will feature a mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6, which will have a guaranteed gross jackpot pool of $250,000.

The Rainbow 6 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.

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.

Saturday's sequence – which starts at approximately 2:35 ET with the sixth race – features three turf races led by the $100,000 Tropical Turf (G3); a maiden special weight for 3-year-olds going one mile; two allowance optional claimers, and a maiden optional claimer.

Acacia Courtney and Brian Nadeau handicap Saturday's Rainbow 6

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Race 6 – $35,000 claimer for 4-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles (turf)

The nine-horse field has a 5-2 favorite in Tackle, a second-place finisher in his last against similar at Aqueduct Dec. 5 for trainer Mike Maker. Both Holy Emperor (5-1) and Maker of an Empire (6-1) come out of the same race last time. Holy Emperor, fourth after going five wide, is ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., while Maker of an Empire, fractious in the gate last out, gets Luis Saez. Caribbean Gold goes first time out off the claim for Bobby Dibona, while Rally Squirrel goes first time off the claim for Mike Maker.

Race 7 – $60,000 maiden special weight for 3-year-olds at 1 mile

Calipari, a son of Curlin making his first start for trainer Todd Pletcher, is sure to attract attention. He's out of the graded stakes-placed mare Centrique and comes into the race with a 'bullet' work Jan. 2. Irad Ortiz Jr., is named to ride. Pletcher will also saddle Charge It, a son of Tapit making his debut for owner-breeder Whisper Hill Farm LLC. Saez will ride. Touch Code, second in his debut Dec. 11 going a mile at Gulfstream, goes out for trainer Bill Mott. Volcanic returns to the races for trainer Mark Casse off a four-month layoff after a seventh-place finish in the Hopeful (G1). Trainer Shug McGaughey sends out first-time starter Trending, a son of Uncle Mo out of Theyskens' Theory, a graded stakes-placed mare.

Race 8 – $100,000 Tropical Turf (G3) for 4-year-olds and up 1 mile (turf)

Largent, the 9-5 favorite, will use this race as a possible prep for the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1). But some may believe the 6-year-old is vulnerable since he will be making his first start since finishing second a year ago in the Pegasus Turf to stablemate Colonel Liam. Chad Brown will saddle Value Proposition, who will seek his first graded stakes victory. The 6-year-old won the Red Bank and Oyster Bay in the fall and is graded stakes placed. Calumet Farm's Flying Scotsman makes his second start off a seven-month layoff. The son of English Channel finished fifth in his return in a race taken off the turf.

Race 9 – $54,000 allowance optional claimer for 4-year-olds and up state breds at 6 furlongs

There's a 9-5 morning-line favorite in Twice too Many, who was claimed for $35,000 by trainer Rohan Crichton, broke his maiden against special company, and finished second last out under similar conditions. Twice too Many has one victory and six seconds and has been a beaten favorite in five of his last 10 starts. Raise the Rent will go out first off the claim for Kelly Breen, who is 22-percent first time in the barn. Doo Wop Don was just claimed by Mary Eppler for $6,250 and an 8 ¾ length victory. Saez has the mount.

Race 10 – $61,000 allowance optional claimer for fillies and mares at 6 furlongs

Ten go to post in a wide-open event. We Miss Susie, trained by Jane Cibelli, is five for seven at the distance and has three wins at Gulfstream. Stakes placed Psychic Ability returns after a seven-month layoff for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Sprout Wings has won of three of four starts for trainer Terri Pompay. Michael Stidham saddles Wild America, a $400,000 yearling purchase for Phoenix Ladies Syndicate.

Race 11 – $43,000 maiden optional claimer for 3-year-old state breds at 1 mile turf

The Rainbow 6 concludes with another wide-open event. Donegal Racing's Gooch Go Bragh gets Lasix and blinkers for trainer Todd Pletcher. He finished second and fourth in the With Anticipation in his starts on the turf in the summer. Arindel's Globes returns after a 2 ½ month layoff. The gelded son of Brethren was fourth in the Journeyman Stud Juvenile in October. Christophe Clement sends out Charming Charlie, who enters off a fifth-place finish against open company at Aqueduct Dec. 5. Fans of Van Morrison's will take a close look at Astral Weeks, a son of Mohaymen who makes his second start and first on the turf for Michael Stidham.

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Sunday's Rainbow 6 kicks off with a maiden special weight event at 7 ½ furlongs on the turf for 3-year-old fillies. The 11-horse field includes Stonestreet Stables LLC's Blythe Spirit, a $550,000 daughter of Ghostzapper trained by Jack Sisterson, and Courtlandt Farm's On Alert, a $500,000 daughter of Medaglia d'Oro trained by Shug McGaughey. Bill Mott will send out Godolphin LLC's homebred Marysvale, a daughter of Malibu Moon.

The final leg of the sequence will be a maiden special weight event at a mile on the turf for 3-year-olds. Royal Spirit, a son of Into Mischief second in the Nownownow and fourth in the Awad, goes out for Repole Stable and St Elias Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher. Phipps Stable's Grand Cay and Juddmonte's Coleridge, both sons of Uncle Mo, make their debut as does Godolphin's Field Marshall, a son of War Front.

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 Rainbow 6, beginning with Race 6, includes the three stakes for 3-year-olds in the $100,000 Limehouse at six furlongs, the $100,000 Dania Beach at a mile on the turf, and the Mucho Macho Man.

First race post is noon.

Multiple winning tickets Friday on the Rainbow 6 returned $4,003.12.

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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