By Jim Freer and Barry Unterbrink
Conditions are Fast and Firm for today’s Florida Derby Day
card at Gulfstream Park.
In addition to its headline race, Gulfstream will have a mandatory
Rainbow 6 payout of a pool that likely will be between $10 million and $15
million.
For coverage this afternoon and evening, please turn to this blog.
The $1 million Florida Derby (Grade 1) is the 14th
and final race, with scheduled post of
6:36 p.m. It is 1 1/8 miles on dirt
for 3-year-olds and is a qualifying points race for this year’s Kentucky Derby to be run May 4 at
Churchill Downs in Louisville,
Ky.
We will post our predictions and recommended bets at
approximately 5:15 Eastern Time.
We are picking Bourbon War to win the Florida Derby, and we
recommend considering longshot Garter and Tie for lower spots in exacta and
trifecta bets.
The mandatory payout Rainbow 6 is on races nine to 14, with the sequence
set to start at 3:34 p.m.
Gulfstream will pay out the “jackpot” of the entire incoming carryover of $2,660,030 and 80 percent of today’s new
Rainbow 6 bets—regardless of the number
of tickets with the winners of all six
Rainbow 6 races.
On non-mandatory days, Gulfstream pays out the jackpot only
when there is just one ticket with all six winners.
Gulfstream officials have said they expect more than $10
million to be bet on the Rainbow 6.
It is a 20-cent per combination bet, with multiple horses
permitted in each race.
For example, a bet with two horses in each race has 64
combinations and costs $12.80.
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