Gulfstream Today 1.1.19: Zayas Expected to Miss 3 Months Due to Leg Injury

By David Joseph —-

Zayas Expected to Miss 3 Months Due to Leg Injury
Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Stands at $27,850
Paco Lopez Rides Three Winners

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jockey Edgard Zayas was expected Tuesday to remain in Aventura Hospital for a couple more days following Monday surgery to repair a broken femur in his right leg.

“It looks like he’ll be out for three months,” said friend and valet Nelson Figueroa.
Zayas, who ranked sixth in the Championship Meet standings with 15 after capturing the Gulfstream Park West title, was unseated during the running of Sunday’s fifth race, when he his mount, Kitten Killer, collapsed on the backstretch with a shoulder injury.

The 25-year-old jockey, who notched his 200th win of 2018 last Friday, has been a mainstay in South Florida since arriving from his native Puerto Rico in 2012. An Eclipse finalist in 2013 after winning 203 races as an apprentice, Zayas has ridden 1297 winners.

Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Stands at $

After yielding two jackpot payoffs within eight racing days, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved Tuesday at Gulfstream Park, where a carryover jackpot of $27,850.56 awaits bettors for Wednesday’s card.

Multiple tickets will all six winners Tuesday were each worth $1,60940.

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.

The popular multi-race wager was solved Dec. 21 for a $288,350 jackpot and again Dec. 30 for a $177,317 payoff.

There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover of $2,962.89 heading into Wednesday’s card.

Who’s Hot: Paco Lopez also rode three winners, taking Race 3 with Day by Day ($10). Race 5 with Liberale ($12.40) and Race 9 with Tomater Gator ($7.20).

After being unseated from his mount in Tuesday’s opener, leading rider Luis Saez came back to double, scoring aboard Sunny Sonata ($320) in Race 2 and Mrs. Ramona G. ($6.20) in Race 7.

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.