Gulfstream: Two Carryovers on Thursday Card

 Gulfstream Park will have ten races with first post of 12:35 p.m. Thursday, the second day of its 2020-2021 championship meet.

There will be a Super Hi-Five carryover of $2,780 on the first race.

The Rainbow6 carryover is$22,703.  The 20 cent per combination-only bet is on races five through ten  with the sequence  scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.

Gulfstream has guaranteed that the jackpot payoff will be at least $75,000 if there is just one ticket with all six winners.

On Wednesday's opening day, there were five tickets with all six winning horses.  Each won $11,105.34 on a 20  cent bet.

Program numbers of the winning horses were 5-8-1-6-9-7.

Wagering was $94,604 on the Rainbow 6.

After its 20 percent takeout, Gulfstream divided 56 percent of those bets among tickets with six winners and put 24 percent into the new carryover.

BAUER'S BETS: FAST & FIRM at TAMPA

   A field of nine three and up fillies and mares will sprint seven panels in Race 8, under $12,500 Optional Claiming conditions. Post time is 3:55 PM. We will have live coverage on Radio St. Pete.com, starting at 3:53.

RUSSIAN ROULETTE (7) is worth a bet at 4/1 on the morning line. This Tony Wilson trained four year old filly appears to be in top form now, logging a pair of bullet workouts lately. The last on 11/16 was 5 furlongs in 101.4. Red-hot Samy Camacho, currently leading the jockey colony takes the mount. He rode this one to a place finish at Tampa last season, might get it done today.

THE BET  $20 to win on RUSSIAN ROULETTE (7) and a $2 exacta box with BUSTIN HEARTS (5) and WARM (3)    3.5.7.      Total Bet $32.                GOOD LUCK!!

PREVIOUS RESULTS  11/28   Lost $38, the bankroll is $1013.00

Gulfstream Opens Championship Meet Today; Tampa Bay: Nine Races, With Spectators

Wednesday, Dec. 2 -- Gulfstream Park will open its 2020-2021 championship meet today--without spectators.

First post will be at 12:35 p.m. for a ten-race card at the track in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

Tampa Bay Downs will enter the second week of its 2020-2021 meet--with spectators.  They are required to wear masks at all times, and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic the track has a series of sanitizing and social distancing procedures.

First post is 12:20 p.m. for a ten-race card at the Oldsmar, Fla., track.

We will have additional details and coverage later this morning and this afternoon on this blog.

 

Bennett Again Leads Tampa Bay Trainers; Racing Resumes Wednesday, Post at 12:20

HRFLA Staff Report

Gerald Bennett is off to a rapid start as he seeks to lead trainers in wins for a sixth straight  season at Tampa Bay Downs.

Bennett has five victories through Saturday, the  fourth day of Tampa Bay's 2020-2021 meet. Five  trainers are tied for second place at two wins.

Racing will resume at the Oldsmar, Fla., track on  Wednesday with nine races and first post of 12:20 p.m.

Bennett has two entrants on Wednesday. Unlike  many of his horses, neither is a morning line favorite.

Relishment is listed at 8-1 in the second race and Sacramento Q is listed at 9-2 in the third race.

That will be in Tampa Bay's first race day since Saturday, when Bennett fans received a rare high  payoff on two of his horses.

Play the Max, at 5-1, won the ninth race and Successful Legacy, at 7-1, won the tenth and final race. The 1-6 exacta had a $2 payoff of $181.40.

Both fillies ranked low  on speed figures in deep fields. 

But Play the Max, with Daniel Centen  riding, wired a ten-horse field to win an $8,000 claiming race at six furlongs. 

Successful Legacy, with Samy Camacho riding, rallied in the stretch to win a one-mile maiden claiming race on turf. 

The trainers with two victories are Jose Delgado, Ron Potts,  Robert Raymond, Dennis Ward  and Eoin Harty.

Bennett saddled 61 winners at the 2019-2020 Tampa Bay meet. Kathleen O'Connell was second with 33 wins,  followed by Michael Stidham with 31.

Thus far, Stidham has one winner and O'Connell  is winless. Both can be  expected to rise high in the standings during the 90-day meet.

Camacho leads the jockey standings with  six wins. He won that competition in 2018-2019 and finished second to Antonio Gallardo last season. Ronald Allen Jr. is second with four wins. Mike Allen, Roberto Alvarado and Tomas Mejia each have three wins.

Gallardo has ridden two winners and Centeno, a five-time Tampa Bay riding champion, has one winner through Saturday.

 On Saturday, Tampa Bay will have the first two stakes races of its meet.

The $100,000 Inaugural will be six furlongs on dirt for 2-YO males. The $100,000 Sandpiper will be six furlongs on dirt for 2-YO fillies.

Entries will be out late Wednesday afternoon.