Florida’s thoroughbred tracks are entering a New
Year’s weekend in which both will have
stakes racing and Gulfstream Park on Saturday will have the added
attraction of a mandatory
payout on the Rainbow 6.
The watching and wagering will begin at 12:25 p.m. on
Friday, when Tampa Bay Downs has first post for its nine-race card.
Gulfstream has ten races on Friday, with first post at
12:35 p.m.
We will have previews, results and other coverage
throughout the weekend. All postings will be on our blog and most will be on
this Web site.
On Saturday, our editor Jim Freer will be on-site for
coverage at Gulfstream and reporter Monique Welch will be on-site for coverage
at Tampa Bay.
Beginning Friday evening, we will have previews of
this weekend’s stakes races.
Rainbow 6
Going into Friday, the Rainbow 6 carryover at
Gulfstream is $343,542. It will be on races five through ten.
If there is just one ticket on Friday with the winners
of all six Rainbow 6 races, it will take down the entire
carryover plus 80 percent of the day’s Rainbow 6 bet.
Otherwise, Gulfstream will divide 56 percent of
Friday’s Rainbow 6 bet among tickets with the most winners and add 24 percent
to the carryover.
If the
carryover extends into Saturday, all tickets with the most winners (likely six) will divide the
carryover plus 80 percent of the day’s Rainbow 6 bet.
Past Gulfstream betting patterns indicate it is likely
that as much as $1 million will be bet on the Rainbow 6 on Saturday.
The Rainbow
6 is a 20-cent per combination-only bet. Multiple horses can be used in each
race, thus setting up a ticket with multiple 20 cent
combinations. For example, a ticket with two horses in each race has
64 combinations and costs $12.80.
--Jim Freer
--Jim Freer
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