BAUER'S BETS: FAST & FIRM at TAMPA

By Bob Bauer

Tampa Bay Downs's nine-race Friday card is underway with conditions listed as Fast and Firm.

 Race 5, Post time scheduled for 2:44 PM, presents a field of $16,000 Maiden Claimers attempting to graduate at a mile and one sixteenth on the grass. Live coverage on RadioStPete online will start at 2:42.

SELFMADE (4) a new gelding, drops in from the NYRA circuit where he ran a decent third vs. $40,000 rivals on the Aqueduct lawn, wearing blinkers for the first time. He now faces $16,000 company and this appears to be his best chance to score in his eight race career. Some of the his previous speed figures are enough to win today. Red-hot Hector Diaz Jr, rides for veteran trainer J. Kent Sweezey.

THE BET  $10 to win on SELFMADE (4) and a $3 exacta box with TRADE DEADLINE (6) and CURLEE FOX (5)   4,5,6.   Total Bet $28    GOODLUCK!!

PREVIOUS RESULTS  1/6  Had the very chalky win and exacta. Collected $28 on the win and $37 on the exacta for a $15 profit on the $50 total bet. The bankroll is now $1005.40. 

One Ticket Singled in Rainbow 6

The 10th and last race is coming up at Gulfstream.

There are 79 live tickets in he Rainbow 6.

Only one ticket has a single--on Miranda Sofia 

If she doesn't win, the carryover on Friday will be just under $1 million.

Thursday Rainbow 6 Coming up at Gulfstream, Mandatory Payout on Saturday

Gulfstream Park has a Rainbow  6 carryover of $918,857 on Thursday, and on Saturday it will have a mandatory payout of the jackpot on that bet--no matter the number of tickets with the winners of all six races.

The 20 cents per-combination-only bet is on races  five through ten on Friday, with the sequence scheduled to start at 2:38 p.m.

The jackpot is made up of the entire carryover plus 80 percent of the day's new Rainbow 6 bets (20 percent takeout).

If there are multiple tickets with all six winners on Thursday and on Friday, the carryover will grow to between $1.2 million and $1.3 million for Saturday.

And because the carryover "all must go" Gulfstream history indicates that between $3 million and $5 million will be bet on the Rainbow 6.

If the carryover is "taken down" on Thursday, the carryover on Saturday will probably will be  about $100,000. If it is taken down on Friday there will be no Saturday carryover. In either case the "all must go" back to bettors requirement will probably generate about $1 million in bets.

On non-mandatory  days, Gulfstream pays out the jackpot only if there is just one ticket with all six winners.

On non-mandatory days when there are multiple tickets with all six winners, Gulfstream takes out 20 percent and then divides 56 percent among the winning tickets while adding 24 percent to the carryover.

Gulfstream: Results of Early Races in Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5

On this day of chaos at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., racing continues at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., and at other thoroughbred  tracks in. the United States.

Here are results of the fifth and sixth races, the starts of the Rainbow 6 and Late Pick 5, at Gulfstream:
*5th race -- won by Ten Pin Ally (2) at18-1.  Wagering on the Rainbow 6 was $299,671. The carryover coming in was $846,594. Gulfstream has guaranteed that the pool will be at least $1.4 million if there is just one ticket with all six winners

*6th race --won by Corey (4) at 5-2. Wagering on the Late Pick 5 was $317,381.  There were no coming-in guarantees or carryovers.