Rainbow 6: First Leg, Won By 5-1 Shot; $343,000 Bet Today

Running Cat, at 5-1, won the Gulfstream sixth race and first leg of the Rainbow 6.

Bettors added $343,941 to the pool.  The carryover was $1,710,957.

If there is a single winning ticket it will pay just under $2 million. There is a takeout of 20 percent  of today's bet, no matter what happens.

Running Cat was fifth betting choice in the eight-horse field.  It will be interesting to see how many tickets were knocked out--with holders  moving on to the Pick 5.

Running Cat was ridden by Paco Lopez for trainer Marcial Navarro.
-- Jim Freer



 

Rainbow 6 at $1.9 Million

Six minutes until the start of the Rainbow 6, headed  toward $2 million including today's bets.

It is hard to leave out Thundergram (2) and Rough Passage (7) in the sixth (first leg).

Inmyfathersimage (9) could be a bomber in the 11th and finale.
 

Tampa Bay: Races 5 and 7 are Off the Turf

Tampa Bay Downs has moved today's  fifth and seventh races  to the turf.

As of 12:30 p.m. the ninth race is still scheduled  for turf.

GP Carryover at $1.7 Million;Tampa Bay Back on Turf

First posts are coming up at both Florida tracks.

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

Conditions are fast for the dirt and good for the turf.  Races five, seven and nine are on the turf.  

On Wednesday, Tampa Bay took all four scheduled-for turf races off that surface due to rain.

Gulfstream Park has 11 races today, with first post of 12:35 p.m. Conditions are fast and firm.

The carryover on the Rainbow 6 has grown to $1,710,957.  The sequence today begins on the sixth race, with scheduled post of 3:05 p.m.

We are monitoring both tracks.
--Jim Freer