Bauer's Bets: Today's Results

The good news is that our choice in Race 5, THE GREAT SCATSBY (4) got the job done. The bad news is that he was bet down to 40 cents on the dollar and our exacta box went down. The $22 bet returned only $14, resulting in a loss of $8. The deficit is now $413. Racing continues tomorrow.

NOTE: The race of the day broadcast for Friday, March 23 was cancelled due to a satellite problem. The race of the day should be back on Radio St. Pete tomorrow.-Bob Bauer

Bauer's Bets: Fast & Firm At Tampa, Friday's Play Of The Day

THE GREAT SCATSBY (4) should graduate in today's 5th race, a mile and one-sixteenth on the lawn for Maiden Special runners. Top turf conditioner Chad Brown ships this four-year old in to Oldsmar off an impressive debut on the sod at Gulfstream. A repeat of that effort should boss this group he meets here. Dan Centeno has the call.   THE BET- $10 to win on THE GREAT SCATSBY (4) and a $2 exacta box with HIGH BEAM (5) and OVERZEALOUS (7).   4,5,7  Total Bet $22    GOOD LUCK

Rainbow 6: Three of First Four Winners Were 2-1

With four races down in the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream, here are the results--with program numbers and final odds.
        
5th--Sweet Magic (3)       2-1
6th -- Beaukati (5)           9-1
7th--Great  Reviewss (5) 2-1
8th--Proud O'Paddy (4)  2-1

The carryover coming in was $3,894,408.  Bettors added $392,361 to  the Rainbow 6.
The 50-cent payoffs on the two Pick 3s in the sequence were $80.20 and $75.35.
 
We will be back with an update before the tenth and final  race. 
--Jim Freer

GP Rainbow 6 Carryover Nears $3.9 Million

The Gulfstream Park Rainbow 6 carryover has extended to 37 days and will be $3,894,408 on Thursday.

First post is 12:35 p.m. for a 10-race card.  The Rainbow 6 will be on races five to ten, with the sequence scheduled to start at 2:35 p.m.

That will follow a Wednesday when there were 55 tickets with the winners of all six Rainbow 6 races. Each of those tickets received $4,291.62 on the 20-cent only bet

The carryover keeps growing because Wednesday was the 37th straight race day without the jackpot payoff requirement of just one ticket with the winners of all six Rainbow 6  races.

The jackpot consists of 80 of the day’s Rainbow 6 bet (20 percent takeout) and the entire built-up carryover.


Gulfstream has not announced a date for when it will have a mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 carryover—when all tickets with six winners  will divide  the payout.

However, there are reports that Gulfstream will have the mandatory payout on Saturday March 31, which is Florida Derby Day.

The jackpot consists of 80 of the day’s Rainbow 6 bet (20 percent takeout) and the entire built-up carryover.


On Wednesday, the carryover coming in was $3,792,365.  Bettors added $425,375 to the pool.

Per its rules on days with multiple  winning tickets, Gulfstream took out 20 percent of the day's new bets.  It then divided 56 percent among the tickets with six winners and added 24 percent to the carryover.
 
The program numbers of the six winning horses were 3-4-5-7-1-9.  All of the winners were at 7-1 or lower.
 
TheRainbow 6 is a 20-cent per combination-only bet.  A ticket can have multiple horses in each race. For example, a ticket with two horses in each race has 64 combinations and costs $12.80.
--Jim Freer and Barry Unterbrink