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State Record: Pimlico’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows To $625,866 For Saturday Card

After going unsolved Friday, the Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 reached $625,866.27 for Saturday's nine-race program at Pimlico Race Course.

Post time is 12:40 p.m.

No horses were live to take down the jackpot heading into Friday's ninth-race finale. A total of $85,485 was bet into the popular multi-race wager, which began with a carryover of $598,522.24 from Thursday. Multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $1,000.38.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out only when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 60 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 40 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Introduced in Maryland April 2, 2015 on opening day of Pimlico's spring meet, the Rainbow 6 had its previous state record carryover reach $345,898.33 spanning 31 racing programs before being solved by one lucky bettor for a life-changing $399,545.94 payout April 15, 2018 at Laurel Park. The winning ticket was purchased through Maine off-track betting.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence begins in Race 4 (2:08 p.m.), a 1 1/16-mile claiming event for fillies and mares 3 and up which have never won two races. Race 8 (4:15 p.m.) is a six-furlong allowance sprint for Maryland-bred/sired females 3 and older that drew a field of seven led by 7-5 program favorite Whispering Pines, third by a length in the seven-furlong Conniver March 13 at Laurel Park and most recently second in an open 6 ½-furlong allowance April 22 at Belmont Park racing first time for trainer Horacio DePaz.

Notes: Winston Pegg ($37.60) came off the fence in mid-stretch under jockey Leonardo Corujo to spring a 17-1 upset in Friday's Race 7, a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight for horses 3, 4 and 5 on the grass, giving Fair Hill, Md.-based owner-trainer Damian Towler his first victory in five career starts. Four of them have come with Winston Pegg, a 5-year-old South Carolina-bred gelding who completed the distance in 1:43.92 … In Friday's other maiden special weight, Stuart Janney III homebred Hightailing ($6.20), making her eighth career start and third off a 1 ½-year layoff, powered down the center of the turf course to edge Lemon Drop Kiss by a neck and win Race 5 for females 3, 4 and 5, in 1:38.39 for one mile. Hightailing, 5, was ridden by Forest Boyce and is trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey

Friday's featured ninth-race finale saw four-time stakes-placed Sky's Not Falling ($9.80) surge past pacesetting Forced in mid-stretch and draw clear to win the five-furlong allowance for 3-year-olds and up in 57.14 seconds over a firm turf course. It was the third win of the day for jockey Victor Carrasco and trainer Mike Trombetta, who also teamed up with Sheriff's Kid ($3.60) in Race 3 and Self Awareness ($2.40) in Race 4.

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Friday’s Stronach 5 Features Races From Four Tracks, 12-Percent Takeout

Friday's Stronach 5 will feature full fields, four tracks, and an industry-low 12-percent takeout.

The popular wager, which had three winning tickets last week each worth $40,140, will feature racing from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields and an industry-low 12-percent takeout.

The Stronach 5 begins with Pimlico's ninth race, an allowance event at five furlongs on the turf for 3-year-olds and up. The Colts Neck Stable's entry of Nothing Better and Town of Gold is the 2-1 favorite. Town of Gold returns off a five-month layoff. The 3-year-old finished second at Aqueduct Dec. 4 in the optional allowance claimer. Nothing Better also returns from a five-month layoff, Jorge Duarte Jr. saddles the entry. Sky's Not Falling was stakes-placed last year as a juvenile at Saratoga, Woodbine and Presque Isle Downs. He returns to the turf after a second-place finish on the main track at Pimlico May 6. Michael Trombetta trains.

Gulfstream's ninth race, a 7 ½ furlong event on the turf for maiden fillies and mares is next with Uptown Queen the 3-1 favorite for trainer David Fawkes. The daughter of Big Drama was second against similar Jan. 7 before finishing sixth Jan. 27 after a very wide trip breaking from the 12 post.

Santa Anita's third race, an optional claimer for fillies and mares at 6 ½ furlongs on the turf, drew a field of eight led by 2-1 favorite Acai. Vegas Palm (5-2) is one of only two horses entered to win on the turf along with Peace Pipe.

The fourth leg of the Stronach 5 will be Golden Gate's third race, a mile event for 3-year-old maidens. Mattawa N That, second in four of his first five starts, is the 9-5 favorite. Command Sgt. Major drops a bit in class after a third-place finish and is listed at 2-1.

The Stronach 5 concludes with Santa Anita's fourth race, a maiden event for 3-year-olds at six furlongs. Marksman On Target (2-1) drops in from maiden special weight restricted company for trainer Gary Stute. The Roan Ranger (4-1) goes as a first-time gelding.

Friday's races and sequence

Leg One – Pimlico Race 9: (11 entries – 5 furlongs turf) 4:49 ET, 1:49 PT
Leg Two – Gulfstream Race 9: (12 entries – 7 ½ furlongs turf) 4:57 ET, 1:57 PT
Leg Three – Santa Anita Race 3: (8 entries – 6 ½ furlongs turf) 5:06 ET, 2:06 PT
Leg Four – Golden Gate Race 3: (7 entries – 1-mile) 5:21 ET, 2:21 PT
Leg Five – Santa Anita Race 4: (9 entries – 6 furlongs): 5:37 ET, 2:37 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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Pimlico: State Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Of $562,931 For Thursday’s Card

After going unsolved during an all-stakes sequence May 15 capped by Rombauer's upset victory in the 146th Preakness (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a Maryland state record jackpot carryover of $562,931 when live racing returns to Pimlico Race Course Thursday.

Post time for the first of eight races is 12:40 p.m.

The jackpot carryover represents a state record amount for the Rainbow 6, which was introduced in Maryland April 2, 2015 on opening day of Pimlico's spring meet. The previous record carryover reached $345,898.33 spanning 31 racing programs before being solved by one lucky bettor for a life-changing $399,545.94 payout April 15, 2018 at Laurel Park. The winning ticket was purchased through Maine off-track betting.

Multiple tickets with all six winners in the Preakness Day Rainbow 6 each returned $5,940.46. The sequence began with the $100,000 James W. Murphy and was followed by the $100,000 Runhappy Skipat, $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint, $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3), $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) and Preakness.

Thursday's sequence spans Races 3-8 and includes the featured Race 7, a six-furlong entry-level allowance for fillies and mares 3 and up led by Mark B. Grier's Sosua, the even-money program favorite. Purchased for $260,000 as a yearling in September 2018 and trained by Arnaud Delacour, the 4-year-old Speighstown filly won her March 31 unveiling at Tampa Bay Downs by 12 ¾ lengths under Hector Diaz Jr., who returns to ride from Post 1 in the field of six.

Pimlico will present nine races Friday, and its finale – a five-furlong turf sprint allowance for 3-year-olds and up – kicks off the weekly national Stronach 5 wager that continues with Race 9 from Gulfstream Park, Race 3 from Santa Anita and Race 3 from Golden Gate Fields before wrapping up with Santa Anita's Race 4.

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.

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

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Asmussen Takes Preakness Bonus

Steve Asmussen claimed the top prize of $50,000 for the third time in five years in the Maryland Jockey Club's $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 14-15, at Pimlico Race Course. The Hall of Famer edged defending champion Mike Maker.

Asmussen started 11 horses in 10 stakes over the two days, finishing with 54 points. On May 15, he ran first and second with Mighty Mischief (Into Mischief) and Jaxon Traveler (Munnings) in the GIII Chick Lang S. and also finished second with Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow) in the GI Preakness S., Strike Power (Speightstown) in the GIII Maryland Sprint S. and Casual (Curlin) in the Runhappy Skipat S. Boldor (Munnings) finished fourth for Asmussen in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint. Willful Woman (Nyquist)'s runner-up effort in the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. was Asmussen's best finish with five horses on the May 14 program.

To be eligible, trainers had to run a minimum of five horses in the 15 Thoroughbred stakes races during Preakness weekend. Points were accumulated for finishing first (10), second (seven), third (five), fourth (three) and fifth through last (one).

This marked the fifth straight year the MJC has offered the trainer bonus program. Asmussen also earned the top prize in each of the first two years, 2017 and 2018.

Maker ran seven horses in six stakes and finished with 43 points for a $25,000 bonus. He won the Black-Eyed Susan with Army Wife (Declaration of War) and ran first and seventh with Last Judgment (Congrats) and Treasure Trove (Tapizar) in the Pimlico Special. On Preakness day, Maker won the GII Dinner Party S. Somelikeithotbrown (Big Brown) and Maryland Sprint with Special Reserve (Midshipman).

Graham Motion, who saddled GIII Gallorette S. winner Mean Mary (Scat Daddy), was third with 27 points and earned $12,000.

Brad Cox, the 2019 top bonus winner, had 24 points to finish fourth and earn $7,000. Rounding out the top finishers were Chad Brown with 14 points ($4,000) and Mike Trombetta with 12 points ($2,000).

Bonus money totaling $50,000 was also offered for trainers having the most points in non-stakes races during Preakness weekend, with points accumulated in similar fashion. Trombetta and Claudio Gonzalez, Maryland's winningest trainer the past four years, tied for first with 27 points and split the $35,000 top prize.

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