Heavy rain has been falling in Louisville, Ky., on Friday morning and it appears that rain will be a factor for Friday's Kentucky Oaks day card and for Saturday's Kentucky Derby Day card at Churchill Downs.
First post is 10:30 a.m. for Friday's 13-race card at Churchill.
The Kentucky Oaks (Grade 1) for 3-year-old fillies is the 11th race with scheduled post of 6:12 p.m.
The Weather Channel forecast is for a rain chance of 15 percent during most of Friday afternoon.
On Saturday, Churchill will have 14 races with first post of 10:30 a.m.
The Kentucky Derby is the 12th race with scheduled post of 6:50 p.m.
The Weather Channel forecast is for the rain chance to range between 55 percent and 80 percent during racing hours.
Thus. many handicappers will still be making decisions late in he afternoon for the Kentucky Derby.
"Which horse will win?" could depend largely on whether the rain has stopped and how well the track is drying out.
In addition to their own live racing, Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs on Friday and Saturday will have simulcast betting on each other's races and on the full cards at Churchill Downs.
We will have coverage of this weekend's racing at Churchill Downs and at the Florida tracks on this blog and on our web site.
Gulfstream Park plans an 11-race
card Friday, with 6 turf races on the card. First post will be 1:10
PM. There's a 40-85% chance of continued thunderstorms with rain during
the racing hours Friday.
In Thursday's racing action, just 53
starters left the rain-soaked gates, the lowest tally since November 1,
when all races were off the turf, as was today.
Three favorites were in
the winners circle, amid 15 scratches on the day. No winner was over 7:1 race time odds, leading to yet another muted payouts.
Here are the late race payouts for Thursday.
The Late Pick 4 paid: $122.10 Late Pick 5 paid: $490.00 Rainbow 6 paid: $635.80 to about 90 winners. The Rainbow 6 pool was $102,359.
Carryovers:
The sole carryover will be the Rainbow 6 carryover at $699,553, an increase of $24,557 on the day, as the elusive single winner to this wager has yet to occur this meet. 
The Rainbow 6 will kicks off in race #6 at about a 3:43 PM Post Time.
Total track handle from all sources was $4.24 million Thursday.
Enjoy your race day!
Thanks for reading.
Gulfstream Park plans a 9-race card Thursday, amid muddy main track conditions, and a 35 to 55
percent of rain during race hours. First post will be 1:15 PM. The
track entries have been reduced to just 55 as of this morning with many
horses scratched in the 6 turf races . Race 7 is the sole 2 year-old
race on the dirt. The weather will be a handicapping challenge.
Who will
be the surprise, odds-beating horse today?
In
Sunday's action, 87 starters ran 11 races, with five favorites in the
winners circle. No winner was over 9.5:1 race time odds, leading to some
ho-hum payouts.
Here are the late race payouts for Sunday.
The Late Pick 4 paid: $737.15 Late Pick 5 paid: $929.10 Rainbow 6 paid: $962.28 to 166 winners. The Rainbow 6 pool was $288,016.
Carryovers:
The Rainbow 6 carryover is now up to $674,996,
as the elusive single winner to this wager has yet to occur this meet.
The Super Hi-5 wager was not cashed in the last race Sunday, so that
carryover will be $2,498. This wager needs 7 starters,
so it's uncertain what race that will be, since race 4 is the first race
with 7 starters on the program.
The Rainbow 6 will kicks off in race #4 on the dirt track at about a 2:45 PM Post Time.
Total track handle from all sources was $7.74 million Sunday.
Enjoy your race day!
Thanks for reading.
RACE 5 Post time 3 PM. 8 furlongs turf, $32,000
Maiden Claiming.
THE BET $10 to win on (7) HARD COUNT and a $2 exacta box with (5) VINTNER and (4) LION CHARMER 4,5,7. Total Bet $22. GOOD LUCK!!
PREVIOUS RESULTS Win bet ran second, chalky exacta paid $8.80. Lost $13.20 for the day. Bankroll is now minus $107.20.
