Gulfstream Park: Rainbow 6 is off the turf for $1 million jackpot
Wet weather forced Sunday’s turf races to be moved to the synthetic track for a mandatory payout of Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool, which may reach $1 million from a carryover of $102,382.
The Rainbow 6 sequence spans races 5-10 featuring the $75,000 Benny the Bull Handicap in race 9. David Fawkes-trained Shaq Diesel is the 2-1 morning-line in a field of seven assembled for the seven-furlong handicap for 3-year-olds and up. Shaq Diesel captured the Big Drama Handicap the last time he ran seven furlongs three starts back. Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Nautical Star, a multiple graded-stakes-placed 5-year-old who ran in the 2023 Florida Derby (G1), makes his second 2025 start after a troubled fourth-place finish coming off a 13-month layoff.
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The Rainbow 6 sequence will be kicked off by a mile maiden race for 3-year-olds and up moving off the turf in race 5. After morning scratches, Gerald Bennett-trained Maximus Cat remains in the race and adds blinkers for the first time following back-to-back runner-up finishes.
Frank Regalbuto-trained St. Olaf Rose is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in a field of six fillies and mares in race 6, a 6 1/2-furlong starter allowance. The 4-year-old daughter of Goldencents is coming off a win and a second-place finish in similar company. José Garáfolo-trained Defended is coming off a starter-allowance win against Florida-breds.
Race 7, a six-furlong. $12,500 claimer with seven fillies and mares, has the look of a spread race. Scott Acker-trained Evanora will seek her third in a row while taking a step up the claiming ladder.
Fawkes-trained Light Fury, an easy winner in his last two starts under Sunday’s conditions, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in race 8, a 1 1/16-mile $10,000 claimer for 3-year-olds and up on the Tapeta synthetic surface.
The sequence wraps up with a 1 1/16-mile, off-the-turf, maiden claimer which drew an evenly matched field of 10 fillies and mares for race 10. José D’Angelo-trained A Great Date, the 2-1 morning-line favorite, drops from maiden special-weight company and remains in the race after scratches.
The Rainbow 6 carryover pool is paid only when there is a unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70% of the day’s pool usually goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30% is carried over to the jackpot pool. On mandatory-payout days, the entire Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is won by the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the wager’s six-race sequence.