Sunday’s program at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., will feature a mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool that includes a carryover of more than $1.137 million.
The Rainbow 6 pool on is expected to swell to more than $4 million Sunday after the popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 24th consecutive racing program Saturday.
Gulfstream analysts and hosts Ron Nicoletti and Jason Blewitt take a look at Sunday’s Rainbow 6.
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 6-11, kicked off by a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight on turf that drew a full field of fillies and mares in Race 6.
The field includes two from the barn of trainer Patrick Biancone. Champagne Train, a $125,000 yearling, draws the three post after breaking from the 11 post in a mile turf event last time out. Lipslikecherries, a daughter of Dark Angel who brought $117,968 as a 2-year-old in France, will make her North American debut.
A full field of 12 was assembled for Race 7, a six-furlong sprint for $10,000 claimers that have not won two races lifetime.
A five-furlong optional claiming allowance for Florida-bred fillies and mares on turf drew 12 entries and two also-eligibles for Race 8. The race includes the return of Arindel’s homebred Nacho Mama, who set a track record in her debut at 4 ½ furlongs in 2018. This will be the filly’s first race since October.
The second half of the six-race Rainbow 6 sequence will start in Race 9 with a $10,000 claiming sprint for fillies and mares at 6 ½ furlongs.
The $60,000 Dayatthespa, a 1 1/16-mile turf overnight stakes for fillies and mares carded as Race 10, will be headlined by multiple-stakes winner Kelsey’s Cross, who will seek to rebound from a disappointing effort last time out. The field also includes stakes winner Great Sister Dane, stakes placed Bienville Street, and Lagertha, a daughter of Scat Daddy making her first start outside South America for trainer Amador Sanchez.
An optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares at a mile on turf will close out the Rainbow 6 sequence in Race 11.
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