Gulfstream Today 3.29.19: Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $2.5 Million for Friday; Advance Betting Friday on Florida Derby Program

By David Joseph —-

Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $2.5 Million for Friday

Nicoletti, Courtney Analyze Friday’s Rainbow 6 Sequence
Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout on Florida Derby Day Saturday
Links: Stronach 5 All Star Ticket, Free Past Performances

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bettors will have one last chance to take down a life-changing 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot Friday at Gulfstream Park before a mandatory payout of the popular multi-race wager as part of Saturday’s blockbuster 14-race, $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) program.

The Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 29th consecutive racing day Thursday, growing the carryover jackpot to $2,536,890 for Friday’s 11-race card that features three stakes, two graded, beginning with a 1:15 p.m. first post.

A total of $339,852 was bet into Thursday’s Rainbow 6, which began with a carryover of $2,455,348.81 from the last live program Sunday, March 24. Multiple tickets with all six winners each returned $1,309.52.

Gulfstream Park racing analysts Ron Nicoletti and Acacia Courtney take an in-depth look at Friday’s Rainbow 6: https://youtu.be/ulB9exrULCI

Friday’s Rainbow 6 sequence spans Races 6-11 and includes the $100,000 Skip Away in Race 8, $100,000 Appleton (G3) in Race 9 and $100,000 Orchid (G3) in Race 10. The one-mile Appleton for 4-year-olds and up and the 1 3/8-mile Orchid for females 4 and older are both scheduled for the turf course.

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.

Links: Stronach 5 All Star Ticket, Free Past Performances

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

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

All Star Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCVKDOEn7U&feature=youtu.be

The Stronach 5 will kick off with Laurel’s Race 9, followed by Race 5 at Golden Gate, Race 5 at Santa Anita and Races 10 and 11 at Gulfstream, with the fifth and final leg set for 6:38 p.m. (3:38 p.m. PST).

Free PPs link: http://www.laurelpark.com/sites/www.laurelpark.com/files/Stronach_5_March_29.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.

Rainbow 6 Carryover: $2,536,890

$750,000 Late Pick 4, $500,000 Late Pick 5 Guarantee
Saturday’s Mandatory Rainbow 6 in Excess of $10 Million

Whether you’re betting Saturday’s $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1), one of the six other stakes, the guaranteed $750,000 Late Pick 4 or $500,000 Late Pick 5, you can bet Gulfstream Park’s 14-race program beginning Friday at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Derby Day program begins with a first race post of 11:30 a.m. Silks Simulcast Room will open at 8 am. for the Dubai World Cup. Breakfast at Gulfstream begins at 8 a.m
Doors to Ten Palms, Sport of Kings, and Flamingo Room open at 10 a.m. Doors to Maker’s Mark and Frankey’s Sports Bar open at 11 a.m.
Friday’s first race post is 1:15 p.m., and Friday’s 11-race program includes the $100,000 Skip Away Stakes, $100,000 Appleton Handicap (G3) and $100,000 Orchid Handicap (G3). The Rainbow 6 carryover was $2.4 million entering Thursday’s program.
For more information go to gulfstreampark.com