Gulfstream Today 3.21.19: Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot tops $2 Million

By David Joseph —-

Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot tops $2 Million
Graded-Stakes Winner Avery Island Returns in Friday’s Feature
Links: Stronach 5 All Star Ticket, Free Performances

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot went unsolved for the 25th consecutive racing day Thursday at Gulfstream Park as the carryover jackpot continued to swell to life-changing proportions.

The popular multi-race wager’s carryover jackpot stands at $2,062,709.88 for Friday’s 10-race program.
Multiple tickets will all six winners Thursday were each worth $260.44.

First-race post time for Friday’s card is set for 1:15 p.m.

A total of $386,165 was bet Thursday into the popular multi-race wager, which began with a pool of $1,970,071.42 carried over from Wednesday’s card.

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.

Since the 2018-19 Championship Meet kicked off Dec.1, the Rainbow 6 has been hit seven times, most recently for a $227,505.88 payout Feb. 15.

Friday’s Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10, featuring a stakes-quality optional claiming allowance in Race 9. Multi-graded stakes winner Avery Island is scheduled to return from a 13-month layoff in the mile race for older horses. Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, the 4-year-old son of Street Sense has been idle since winning the 2018 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. The Godolphin homebred also won the Nashua (G3) during his juvenile campaign.

Links: Stronach 5 All Star Ticket, Free PPs

Friday’s Stronach 5 will feature offer a $100,000 pool guarantee and an industry-low 12-percent takeout while featuring races at Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields.

Gulfstream’s Ron Nicoletti, Laurel’s Stanton Salter and Golden Gate’s Matt Dinerman have teamed to construct an All Star ticket for the increasing popular national multi-race, multi-track wager.

All Star Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtzLYUFtmo

The Stronach 5 will kick off with Laurel’s Race 8 and Race 9, followed by Gulfstream’s Race 9 and Race 10, and conclude with Golden Gate’s Race 5. Post time for the first leg is scheduled for 4:43 p.m. with the fifth and final leg set for 6:15 p.m.

Free Past Performances Link: http://www.laurelpark.com/sites/www.laurelpark.com/files/Stronach-5-March-22.pdf

The minimum bet for the Stronach 5 is $1 through Laurel Park’s mutuel pool.

. If there are no tickets with five winners, the entire pool will be carried over to the next Friday.

Who’s Hot: Fresh off a five-win day Wednesday, Luis Saez rode three winners Thursday, scoring aboard Makealitlemischief ($5) in Race 5, Major Attitude ($9.80) in Race 6, and Frozen Hannah ($4.) in Race 10.

Leading rider Irad Ortiz Jr. maintained a seven win edge over Saez with back-to-back victories aboard Winning Drive ($7.60) in Race 8 and Devamani ($4.80) in Race 9.

Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot: $2,062,709

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. For more information contact David Joseph at david.joseph@gulfstreampark.com or call 954.457.6451.