Choose Joy WinsTurf Sprint Handicap at GP; Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows Past $400,000

HRFLA Staff Report

Choose Joy beat Bernie's Mistress by a length in Sunday's $60,000 Village of Biscayne Park Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

The race was five furlongs on turf for fillies and mares 3-YO  and up.

With Miguel Vasquez riding, Choose Joy won in 55.65 seconds on the course listed as Firm. She earned an Equibase Speed figure of 96 that tied her career best.

Steve Dwoskin owns and  trains Choose Joy, a 4-year-old daughter of Munnings.

The win was Choose Joy's sixth in twelve career starts. Four of her wins have been in five-furlong turf  stakes and handicaps at Gulfstream.

On Sunday, Choose Joy carried 125 pounds--seven more than any of her six rivals.

As the field entered the straightaway on Sunday, Choose Joy was in fourth place and Bernie's Mistress was fifth.

Choose Joy, the 2-5 favorite, passed  the leader  Cat's Astray about 50 yards from the wire.  Bernie's Mistress, at 13-1, finished a neck ahead of Cat's Astray.

Rainbow 6

The Village of Biscayne Park was part of the Rainbow 6, on  which each ticket with all six winning horses won $1,381.18 on a 20-cent bet.  HorseRacingFLA's review of Equibase charts shows there were 80 tickets with all of the winners.

Program numbers of the winning horses, in races six to eleven, were 1-6-12-9-6-6.

Gulfstream's next live racing day will be this coming Friday Sept. 3--when the Rainbow 6 carryover will be  $408,296.

The Hallandale Beach, Fla., track will have ten races with first post of 2:00 p.m.

The Rainbow 6 will be on races five to ten with the sequenced scheduled to start at 4:12 p.m. 

Gulfstream is guaranteeing that the Rainbow 6  pool (new bets plus carryover) will be at least $600,000 if there is just one ticket with all six winning horses. 

That ticket would take down the Rainbow 6 jackpot, which is made up of the entire carryover plus 80 percent of the day's new bet.

On Sunday, $196,324 was bet on the Rainbow 6. Following its rules for days with multiple winning tickets, Gulfstream took out 20 percent of that bet. It then divided 56 percent among the tickets with six winners and added 24 percent to the carryover.

Friday's first race will have a Super Hi-5 carryover of $6,950.

 

Rainbow 6 Starts with Win by 3-1 Shot

Martyr of Charity, at 3-1, won Sunday's seventh race to start the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park.

The carryover coming in was $360,902.  Bettors added $197,523 to the pool.

Gulfstream has guaranteed that the pool will be at least  $600,000 if there is just one ticket with all six winning horses in the Rainbow 6.

In that situation, Gulfstream will have to put in about $40,000.

 

GP Sunday: $360,902 Carryover, F&M Turf Sprint

Gulfstream Park has a Rainbow 6 carryover of $360,902 on its Sunday card.

The 20 cents per combination-only bet is on races six to eleven, with the sequence scheduled to start  at  3:40 p.m. 

The feature race is the $60,000 Village of Biscayne Park Handicap. It is five furlongs on turf for fillies and mares 3-YO and up.  It is the tenth race with a scheduled post of 5:56 p.m.

The field is down to six starters following the morning scratches of I Am the Boss (3), Gtiana (4) and Crum Bun (5). The latter two were entered as main track only.

This link to the Equibase Web site has the  Gulfstream Web site.  It has click-ons for handicapping  materials.

Travers: Bob Bauer's Bets

The Travers Stakes (Grade 1) has a post-t ime of 6:12 p.m. on Saturday at Saratoga.  Analysis by our handicapper Bob  Bauer is below.

This afternoon, we also will have coverage of several  undercard races at Saratoga,

Saratoga's mid-summer Derby runs through ESSENTIAL QUALITY (2), no doubt. This Brad Cox trainee is the one to beat, boasting seven wins from eight attempts with over $3.5 million in the bank. Top jock Luis Saez who is leading the riders race by ten tallies retains the mount. Expect this worthy favorite to go in the gate odds-on.

There are a pair of rivals who could upset here if given the opportunity.

KEEPMEINMIND (3), gave the favorite all he could handle in the Jim Dandy Stakes, the traditional Travers prep, only missing by a half-length. He has been impressive on the training track and is worth a bet at 6 to 1 on the morning line.

DYNAMIC ONE (4) was the winner of the local Curlin Stakes after a two month break for the powerful Pletcher outfit. He ran a lifetime best speed figure that day and bigger prizes may be ahead. Also 6 to 1 on the morning line.

THE BET  $10 to win on KEEPMEINMIND (3) and a $5 exacta box with ESSENTIAL QUALITY (2) and DYNAMIC ONE (4).  2,3,4,

TOTAL BET $40 GOOD LUCK!!