Gulfstream: Mandatory Rainbow 6 payout could hit $500,000
A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be made Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where the forecast of rain forced all turf races to be moved to the Tapeta synthetic course.
The multi-race wager was solved twice in three days last weekend, returning jackpot payouts of $143,083.80 on Oct. 3 and $50,554.92 last Sunday. The current pool, which started with a $13,880.95 carryover from Saturday, was expected by track management to reach $500,000.
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In the Rainbow 6, the jackpot pool is paid only when there is a single ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70% of that day’s pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, and 30% is carried over to the jackpot pool. When there is a mandatory payout, the entire Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is disbursed to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the six-race sequence.
Sunday’s Rainbow 6 spans races 5-10 starting at 2:51 p.m. EDT.
Race 5, seven furlongs, main-track maiden special weight, 3-year-olds and up. Queen McKinzie seeks a breakthrough performance after four seconds and three thirds in 10 prior starts including three consecutive runner-up finishes, most recently in a similar condition going six furlongs Sept. 13. Sapphire Girl looks to rebound after getting caught wide behind a slow pace when sixth in debut Aug. 10. Trainer Kent Sweezey sends out a pair of first-time starters in Sunna and Tapit’s Mischief. By Into Mischief out of the Tapit mare My Miss Tapit, Tapit’s Mischief was purchased for $675,000 as a 2023 yearling by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm. Sunna is by Dominus, a Grade 2 winner on turf and dirt who connects at 16% with his debut runners.
Race 6, one mile and 70 yards, Tapeta claimer, 3-year-olds and up. An overflow field of 13 was entered led by narrow 5-2 program favorite Venezuelan Hope, a 3-year-old gelding who drops to the $8,000 level after being third or better in each of his last four starts and had his win streak snapped at two races when beaten by a nose at the course and distance last out Sept. 14. Vino Santo cuts back after back-to-back victories by a combined 10 lengths, each at 1 1/16 miles, keeping the 4-year-old gelding perfect on the Gulfstream Tapeta. Owner-trainer Jose Castro, connecting at 41% from a 7-for-17 run at the current meet, will saddle 5-year-old My Favorite Topic, third or better in 7 of 14 starts and racing for the first time as a gelding.
Race 7, one mile and 670 yards, Tapeta optional-claiming allowance, 3-year-olds and up. In a race moved off the grass, seven-time winner Eldest Son finds himself back in familiar surroundings after an early September journey from Gulfstream to Kentucky Downs and also shortens up after successive trips at 1 1/8 and 1 5/16 miles. Winless with one second in two Tapeta starts, his last win came going 7 1/2 furlongs on the Gulfstream turf May 24. General Ledger runs for a $25,000 tag after four straight stakes starts including last summer’s Secretariat (G2) and Franklin-Simpson (G1). In his lone 2025 start the 4-year-old gelding was sixth after setting the pace in the seven-furlong Benny the Bull contested on a sloppy main track Aug. 24. Brigade Commander races first off the claim for trainer José D’Angelo after two starts at Saratoga.
Race 8, 1 1/16 miles, Tapeta starter optional claimer, 3-year-olds and up. Nate the Great looks poised to rebound after running third as the favorite under similar conditions Sept. 13. The 5-year-old gelding never has been worse than third in 10 Tapeta starts, five of them wins, and has a record of 9: 5-2-2 at the distance. The consistent Navy Cross owns three wins and two seconds over his last five starts and returns to the races for the first time since being beaten by a neck on the course going a mile and 70 yards July 19. Also back in action is 6-year-old gelding K.C. Chief, an eight-time winner unraced since Feb. 26 who last won the Carousel Club overnight handicap Jan. 24 going 1 1/8 miles.
Race 9, seven furlongs, main-track optional-claiming allowance, fillies and mares, 3 and up. Ten horses are set to line up in an entry-level spot where Broderie is the 9-5 program favorite, racing for the first time off a barn change to trainer Collin Maragh. She is back facing open company following a nine-length win at the distance against Florida-breds Aug. 15. Jockey Rajiv Maragh is within striking distance of his 2,000th win, needing eight more to reach the milestone. Beyond Broderie is a wide-open field that includes 2024 Florida Sire Stakes series My Dear Girl upset winner My Denysse, making just her second start of the year after being placed sixth in the Feb. 1 Forward Gal (G1). Three-year-old Militia, stretching from 5 1/2 furlongs out off a 4 3/4-length allowance win over older horses Sept. 4, and Sheshimaintenance, a two-length winner two back who adds blinkers off a disappointing seventh last out Sept. 21, also are in the race.
Race 10, 1 1/16 miles, Tapeta claimer, fillies & mares, 3 and up. Three of the nine horses entered in the finale own multiple wins over the Tapeta course. They are led by Trumpetta, who has a 9: 3-2-1 record in synthetic starts and most recently ran third by less than two lengths in a similar spot originally carded for the grass Sept. 14. The 3-year-old filly was claimed out of a 2 1/4-length win two starts back. Let’s Dance Again has two wins and two seconds in five Tapeta starts, rolling by 2 3/4 lengths at the distance Aug. 23 last out, and is two necks away from three consecutive wins. Smart Style is 2-for-3 on the synthetic, exiting a popular three-length score Sept. 12 also going 1 1/16 miles. Tinta Roja has gone off favored in her last three races with a June 21 win on the turf and a Sept. 14 runner-up finish on Tapeta.
Post time for the first of Sunday’s 10 races is 12:50 p.m. EDT.