After being dark on Monday and Tuesday, Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs will resume racing on Wednesday.
Gulfstream will have ten races with first post at 12:35 p.m.
Tampa Bay will have nine races with first post at 12:42 p.m.
On Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening, we will have previews of the Wednesday race cards and of the week ahead for both tracks.
Today's play is in Race 7, Post time is scheduled for 3:46 PM. Older Claiming Fillies and Mares will run eight and one-half furlongs on the lawn under $25,000 NW3L conditions. Live coverage on RadioStPete online starts at 3:44.
MAKE ME DREAM (2) is the one to bet as this five year old Mare drops into claiming company for the first time for red-hot trainer Jeff Engler. The Engler outfit is currently winning at a 75% clip in Tampa (three wins from four tries) and this Daughter of QUALITY ROAD has turned in performances vs. better in the past and earned figures that should win here.
THE BET $20 to win on MAKE ME DREAM (2) and a $5 exacta box with ACT LIKE ARTIE (4) and BACI (5) 2,4,5 Total Bet $50 GOOD LUCK!!
PREVIOUS RESULTS 1/9 Lost $32., the bankroll is now $956.90.
Gulfstream Park will have a carryover of just over $1 million in its Rainbow 6 on Saturday--a day with a heavily-promoted mandatory payout on that bet's jackpot.
Gulfstream will pay out all of that carryover and 80 percent of the day's new bets on the Rainbow 6, no matter the number of tickets with all six Rainbow 6 winners. On most days, it makes that payment only if there is just one ticket with all six winners. On all days, the Rainbow 6 has a 20 percent takeout.
A review of Gulfstream wagering history indicates that a carryover that large will probably lure bettors around the country (see Note below)to add as much as $5 million to the Rainbow 6.
Saturday's first post will be at12:05 p.m. for an 11-race card. The Rainbow 6, a 20 cents per combination-only bet, will be on races six through eleven with the sequence scheduled to start at 2:44 p.m.
On most days when there are multiple Rainbow 6 winning tickets, Gulfstream divides 56 percent of the day's bet among tickets with six winners and adds 24 percent to the carryover.
On Friday, when there was no mandatory payout there were 245 tickets with all six Rainbow six winners. Each won $772.70 on the 20 eent bet.
The carryover coming in was $985,824. Betting on the Rainbow 6 was $338,850.
Program numbers of the six winning horses were 5-4-2-5-1-8. Three winners were favorites. Other odds of winners were 13-1, 7-2 and 5-1.
The carryover for Saturday will be $1,066,988.
By Bob Bauer
Conditions are listed as Fast and Firm for Saturday's ten-race card at Tampa Bay Downs
Race 7 has a group of $10,000 Maiden Claiming older Fillies and Mares sprinting six panels on the main track. Post time is scheduled for 3:15 PM, live coverage on RadioStPete online starts at 3:13.
PURPLE PEOPLEEATER (5) appears to be in a good spot to graduate for trainer Donald Hunt. This four year-old Filly woke up in a big way in her last race on December 20. She ran a good second under Samy Camacho after losing her four previous starts by double digit margins. Camacho returns today and they should get it done with a repeat of their last effort.
THE BET $20 to win on PURPLE PEOPLEEATER (5) and a $2 exacta box with INDY PRINCESS KOKO (4) and BILLY'SBIRTHDAYGIRL (6) 4,5,6 Total Bet $32 GOOD LUCK !!
PREVIOUS RESULTS 1/8 The win bet ran second, we had a $3 exacta that returned $16.50, a loss of $11.50 on the $28 total bet. The bankroll is now at $988.90.