Tuesday, February 28, 2017

GP Rainbow 6 carryover is $79,451



Gulfstream Park will have a carryover of $79,451 on its Rainbow 6 when it resumes racing on Thursday.

And we emphasize Thursday.

Gulfstream is dark this week on Wednesday—usually a live race day.

The Thursday card has eleven races, with first post of 12:35 p.m.

The Rainbow 6 is on the sixth through. It is 20-cents only and has  a 20 percent takeout of each day’s wagering.

Thursday will be the fourth day of the current Rainbow 6 carryover cycle.

Gulfstream pays out the Rainbow 6 jackpot (carryover plus 80 percent of the day’s bet) only on days when there is just one ticket with the winners of all six races.

On days with multiple winning tickets Gulfstream takes out the 20 percent. It then divides 56 percent among tickets with the most winners (usually six) and puts 24 percent into the carryover.

There was a single Rainbow 6 winning ticket last Thursday. It paid $324,180.

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








    




Monday, February 27, 2017

Gulfstream Dark This Wednesday; Tampa Bay No Longer Racing on Thursdays



This week, Gulfstream Park will make a one-time change in its schedule and Tampa Bay Downs will make a permanent change to its 2016-2017 schedule.

Gulfstream will not have racing this Wednesday, March 1. Its racing schedule this week will be Thursday through Sunday.

Beginning next week, Gulfstream will return to its regular Wednesday through Sunday schedule for the remainder of its 2016-2017 championship meet that will end April 2. Mondays and Tuesdays will remain dark.

Starting this week, Tampa Bay Downs will not have racing on Thursdays through the remainder of its 2016-2017 meet that will end May 7.

The Oldsmar track will have racing on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

This Wednesday, Tampa Bay will have nine races with first post of 12:25 p.m.

This Thursday, Gulfstream will have eleven races with first post of 12:35 p.m.

Please check our Web site each morning for news about the racing schedules at both Florida tracks.
--Jim Freer

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Unified Wins Gulfstream Park Sprint; Thirteen Races on Sunday



Unified provided the highlight for Gulfstream Park’s weekend as he took an early lead and held off Mind Your Biscuits to win by a neck in Saturday’s $100,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint (Grade 3).

Unified won in a swift 1:15.30 in the 6 ½ furlong dirt stakes on the track listed as firm.

Jose Ortiz rode Unified for trainer Jimmy Jerkens and owner Centennial Farm. Joel Rosario rode Mind Your Biscuits for trainer and co-owner Chad Summers.

Unified was the 2-1 second choice and Mind Your Biscuits was the 4-5 favorite in the six-horse field.

Squadron A, at 16-1, came in third—4 ½  lengths behind Mind Your 

Gulfstream had two other stakes races on Saturday.
Morticia won the Melody of Colors at five furlongs on turf for 3-year-old fillies.

Derek’s Smile won the Texas Glitter at five furlongs on turf for 3-year-old males.

On Sunday evening, we will have a detailed report on the three stakes and other Saturday-Sunday racing at Gulfstream.

First post is 12:00 p.m. for Sunday’s 13-race card,

The dirt track is listed as fast and the turf is listed as firm.  The Weather Channel forecast is for a 15 percent chance of rain during racing hours.

There is a $45,808.62 carryover on the Rainbow 6, on races eight to thirteen. It is a 20-cent only bet.

On Sunday’s first race, there is a carryover of $3,278.17 on the Super Hi-5.  The bet is $1 minimum and requires picking the first five finishers in correct order, with no consolation payoffs.
--Jim Freer

Tampa: King of Diamonds Wins Turf Feature; Ten Races on Sunday



Tampa Bay Downs has a ten-race program on Sunday with first post at 12:25 p.m.

It will follow a Saturday when the high-card performance was by King of Diamonds in the eighth and feature race at 1 1/8 miles on turf.

King of Diamonds rallied from fifth place entering the stretch and then pulled away in the stretch to beat Red Zone by 1 ¼ lengths in the $22,500 allowance for 4-year-olds and up. Map Room finished third, 1 ½ lengths behind Red Zone.

King of Diamonds, ridden by Daniel Centeno, won in the solid time of 1:48.45 on the course listed as firm. He was the 5-2 second betting choice in the ten-horse field.

Red Zone was 35-1 and Map Room was the 2-1 favorite.
King of Diamonds is a 4-year-old gelding. He is a son of Iron Deputy out of the Polish Numbers mare Madame X Ski.

The victory was the second in six career starts for the homebred, who races for breeders-owners Susan and John Moore and trainer Arnaud Delacour.  He also has two second place finishes and two third places.

10 -  KING OF DIAMONDS     7.60   5.20   3.20
5 -    RED ZONE                                 26.20 11.00
2 -    MAP ROOM                                          2.80
$2 EXACTA 10-5 PAID $234.40; $1 TRIFECTA 10-5-2 PAID $367.80; $1 SUPERFECTA 10-5-2-6 PAID $4,566.70

Other Races
Centeno also won Saturday’s third race on Inaswagger.
He leads Tampa Bay jockeys with 58 victories.

Inaswagger, a 5-year-old Florida-bred gelding owned by Averill Racing and trained by Gerald Bennett, was claimed from the race by trainer Dennis Ward for his Ridenjac Racing stable.

Inaswagger beat Sandro by a neck in the 5 ½ furlong dirt claiming race. The winning time was 1:03.38 on the track listed as fast.

A pair of quality maiden special weight main-track contests added more than a dose of excitement for a sun-splashed crowd.

In the fourth race, 3-year-old colt Elusive Exchange sprinted clear to a four-and-three-quarter length victory over Tizk Tizk in a time of 1:11.69 for six furlongs.

Mike Allen rode the winner, who was making his second career start. He is owned by Endsley Oaks Farm and trained by Randall R. Russell.

In the seventh race, for maiden 3-year-old fillies, Karen Sue surged to the lead at the quarter-mile pole and extended her advantage at the finish to five-and-a-quarter lengths over runner-up Mandolin. 

Karen Sue, who finished second in her career debut three weeks ago, is a homebred racing for Florida horseman Gilbert G. Campbell’s Stonehedge, LLC.

Pablo Morales rode Karen Sue, who is trained by Kathleen O’Connell. The winner’s six-furlong time was 1:12.08.
--Jim Freer









Saturday, February 25, 2017

Gulfstream, Tampa Bay Carryovers for Sunday




Gulfstream Park will have a $45,808.62 carryover on its Rainbow 6 on Sunday.

First post is 12:00 p.m. for the 13-race card.

The Rainbow 6 is on races eight to thirteen. It is a 20-cent only bet.

On Sunday’s first race, Gulfstream will have a carryover of $3,278.17 on the Super Hi-5.  The bet is $1 minimum and requires picking the first five finishers in correct order, with no consolation payoffs.

Tampa Bay Downs has a ten-race Sunday card with first post of 12:25 p.m.

It will have a Super High-5 carryover on the first race on which that bet is available—likely the second race.

Tampa Bay, like Gulfstream, has the bet only in races with seen or more starters.  

Tampa Bay’s first race has six entrants. The second race has seven entrants and the third has nine.

At Tampa, the bet also  is $1 minimum and requires picking the first five finishers in  correct order with no consolation payoffs.
--Jim Freer