Gulfstream Park West closed its 40-day Fall Turf Festival meet Sunday with a mandatory payout in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, which returned $4,761.14 to multiple tickets with all six winners.
Unsolved by a single bettor for the duration of the meet, which began Oct. 2, the popular multi-race wager had a total pool of $4,709,660 after $3,615,196 was bet Sunday on top of a carryover of $1,094,464 from Saturday’s program.
The carryover jackpot is 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool. However, on days when a mandatory payout is scheduled, the entire pool is shared by those holding tickets with the most winners.
The Rainbow 6 last had a single bettor take down the jackpot for a $2.2 million payoff Sept. 27 at Gulfstream Park.
Sunday’s Gulfstream West card also saw mandatory payouts of $1,656.45 in the 50-cent Late Pick 5, $337.20 in the 50-cent Late Pick 4 and $4,364.80 in the $1 Super Hi-5.
Jockey Paco Lopez won once on Sunday and finished as the meet’s leading rider with 38 victories, six more than Emisael Jaramillo and apprentice Cristian Torres. Saffie Joseph Jr. earned his second straight fall meet championship with 22 wins as Ralph Nicks, Jorge Navarro and Victor Barboza tied for second with eight. Frank Calabrese led all owners with eight wins.
Live racing moves to Gulfstream Park for the 2019-2020 Championship Meet, the premier winter Thoroughbred meet in the country, which opens its 89-day stand Friday, Nov. 29. Post time for the first of 10 races is 12:35 p.m.
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