Gulfstream: Monday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $218,111

By David Joseph —-

Monday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $218,111
Saez notches first career Gulfstream Park win

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 11th consecutive racing day Friday, producing a carryover jackpot of $218,111.75 for a special post-holiday 11-race card on Monday at Gulfstream Park.

Multiple tickets with all six winners Friday were each worth $548.92.

There will also be a Super Hi 5 carryover of $6,477.41.

The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is paid out only 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.
Betting on Friday’s Rainbow 6 commenced with a carryover of $181,581.97. A total of $152,290 was wagered on Friday’s six-race sequence.

Monday’s Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 6-11.

First race post is noon.

Saez celebrates first win at Gulfstream Park

Sebastian Saez, the younger brother of Luis Saez, piloted his first career Gulfstream Park winner with just his second mount at the Championship Meet in Friday’s first race.

Saez, 18, won the opener on the 6-5 favorite Dreamofjean E ($4.60), his only ride on the card, for trainer Larry Rivelli. His older brother finished third aboard Defying Gravity in the same race. It was nearly a Saez brothers’ early daily double as Luis was narrowly defeated in Race 2 to finish second on My Johnny Be Good.

Friday’s first race marked the second time that the Saez brothers rode against each other after facing off in a Belmont Park race earlier this year. There will be many more occasions for that to occur as Sebastian intends to make Gulfstream Park his winter base for the first time since starting his riding career in April of 2015. Last winter he rode the Oaklawn Park meet.

“I really like Gulfstream Park and I wanted to compete here with my brother,” Saez, who has ridden 79 career winners, said through a translator in the winner’s circle.

Luis Saez, 24, has ranked second in wins and purses behind Javier Castellano at the last two Championship Meets.

“It’s very nice to have him here; I’m feeling very happy about that,” Saez, who won two races on Friday’s card, said of his younger brother’s presence here this winter. “He’s a good kid. He rides very good and I think he will be able to compete here.

“I think it will be good for him to be here, because he can learn more,” he added. “Not just from me . . . there are a lot of good riders here he can learn a lot from.”

The Saez brothers are from Panama and are both graduates of the prestigious Laffit Pincay Jr. Jockey School there. A third brother, Juan, lost his life in a 2014 racing accident at Indiana Grand when he was 17 years old.

Who’s Hot: Luis Saez enjoyed a back-to-back riding double, connecting with Grateful ($4.20) in the fifth and Dazzling Deputy ($8.40) in the sixth.

Gulfstream Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, and is one of North America’s top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world’s largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; XpressBet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.