Rainbow 6 Starts with Win by 8-1 Shot

Joe Di Baggio (7), at 8-1,  won Gulfstream's sixth race on Friday to start the Rainbow 6.

Bettors added $279,827  to the Rainbow  6  pool.

The  carryover  coming in was $976,699.

If there is just one ticket today with all six Rainbow  6 winners,  it would take down a  jackpot of approximately$1.2 million.

If there are multiple winning Rainbow 6 tickets, the carryover for Saturday will be approximately $1,045.000.

We will be back with  a recap  of the Rainbow  6  at the end of the race  day.
--Jim Freer

Rainbow 6 Starts  with  Win by 8-1 Shot

Rainbow 6 Coming up at Gulfstream

The sixth race is coming up at Gulfstream to start the Rainbow 6.

Scheduled post for that race is 2:37 p.m.

The carryover coming in is $976,699.

That carryover is 16 days old and is the largest so far in the Gulfstream championship meet.

Following the morning scratches,, there are 49 entrants

That is relatively low for the Rainbow 6, reducing the chances that there will not be just one 

"jackpot taking" ticket with all six winners.

Meanwhile, races six to eight each have a horse that numerous bettors likely will single.

Those horses are:

6th -- Taylorsinitiation (3)

7th --  Honey Won't (5)

8th  -- Mertz (6)

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Gulfstream for Friday: Fast and Firm with $976,699 Carryover

HorseRacingFLA Staff Report

A Rainbow 6 carryover that could soon pass $1 million and five graded stakes races are the main attractions for bettors and other fans at Gulfstream Park this weekend.

The Rainbow 6 carryover for Friday is $976,699.

First post is 12:00 p.m. for an 11-race card.

The Rainbow 6 is on races six to eleven with the sequence scheduled to begin at 2:37 p.m.

On the first race there is a Super Hi-5 carryover of  $6,172.

Conditions are listed as Fast and Firm. The Weather Channel forecast is for a 15 percent chance of rain during racing hours.

We will have  coverage of Friday’s  Gulfstream  racing on this blog.

Weekend Stakes

Gulfstream will have three graded stakes races this Saturday and two graded stakes races this Sunday.

The highlight will be Saturday’s $350,000 Holy Bull Grade (2) at 1 1/16 miles on dirt for 3-year-olds.

It is a points scoring race for spots in the Kentucky Derby (Grade 1) that will be run May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Later on Friday and on Saturday, we will have previews of the Holy Bull  and of Gulfsteam’s four other weekend stakes.

On Saturday, Gulfstream will also have the $150,000 Swale (Grade 3) at seven furlongs on dirt for 3-year-olds and the $150,000 Forward Gal (Grade 3) at seven furlongs on dirt for 3-year-old fillies.

Gulfstream’s original schedule had two other stakes races scheduled for this Saturday.  It has moved them to this Sunday.

Those races are the $100,000 Sweetest Chant (Grade 3) at one mile  on turf for 3-year-old fillies and the $100,000 Dania Beach (Grade 3) at one mile on turf for 3-year-olds.

Gulfstream officials said they made the change because the weather forecast calls for a greater chance of rain on Saturday than on Sunday.

Pushing the Sweetest Chant and the Dania Beach back a day could increase the chances that the races will be tun on a course that is listed as Firm or Good, rather than Yieldin

BAUER'S BETS: Dirt FAST Turf GOOD At Tampa

Today's play is in Race 8, Post 4:25 PM. $16,000 NW2L Claimers go seven panels on the dirt.

(2) YONDERING has an edge here, having faced Optional Claiming rivals in his last two races. Today he has a big chance to get his picture taken in this contest with condition claiming company for the first time. Top notch jock Antonio Gallardo rides for 19% trainer Ian Wilkes.

THE BET $10 to win on (2) YONDERING, $5 exactas with (3) LOBKOWICZ PALACE and    (6) STRIKING HEIR, 2 with 3,6. Also a $2 exacta box 2,3,6,. Total Bet $32 GOOD LUCK!!

PREVIOUS RESULTS Didn't cash on Wednesday. However, only lost $24 instead of the original bet amount of $32, due to the scratch of one of the trio in the exacta box. The bankroll stands at plus $185.90