Gulfstream offers mandatory Rainbow 6 payout Saturday

A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool will be held Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the sequence for the popular multi-race wager will be graced by four stakes races and a $100,000 gross jackpot pool guarantee.

The Rainbow 6 sequence will span races no. 6 through 11, including the $125,000 Tropical Park Oaks, $125,000 Sugar Swirl (G3), $125,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) and $125,000 Tropical Park Derby in races no. 8 through 11.

The Rainbow 6 was solved Friday with a single winning ticket in New Jersey that returned $324,724.16.

A mile turf event for $25,000 claimers will kick off Saturday’s Rainbow 6 sequence in race no. 6. Michael Maker-trained Emboite is rated as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in a field on nine non-winners of two lifetime. The son of No Nay Never, who finished second against better on Tapeta last time out, will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr.

A mile race for $6,250 claimers in race no. 7 drew a field of eight headed by English Bob, the 7-5 morning-line favorite coming off a victory at the same level from which he was claimed by Jose D’Angelo.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will be represented by Cairo Consort and Alpha Bella, who finished 1-2 in last season’s Sweetest Chant (G3) at Gulfstream in the Tropical Park Oaks in race no. 8. The 1 1/16-mile turf stakes will also feature the Chad Brown-trained duo of Implicated and Startup Mentality, who finished 1-3 last time out in the Pebbles (G3) at Aqueduct.

An evenly matched field of eight fillies and mares has been assembled for the Sugar Swirl, a six-furlong dash carded as the ninth race. Intrepid Dream will bring a four-race winning streak in the Mid-Atlantic into the race while making her first start for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Many bettors will opt to spread in this race.

Sibelius, who used a victory in last year’s Mr. Prospector as a stepping stone to a triumph in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), will defend his title in race no. 10.

Shug McGaughey-trained Ohana Honor, a late-developing colt who is coming off a runner-up finish in the Gio Ponti at Aqueduct, is a slight 3-1 morning-line favorite in a field of 12 (plus two also-eligibles) for the Tropical Park Derby, carded as the eleventh race. Brian Lynch-trained Anglophile, who won the Dueling Grounds Derby (G3) at Kentucky Downs, and Jose D’Angelo-trained Amstrong, a four-time stakes winner on Tapeta, are among horses that will draw support from the bettors.