Mandatory-payout Rainbow 6 up for grabs Sunday

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Pick six players around the country on Sunday will turn their attention to Gulfstream Park, which will have another mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6. A carryover in the vicinity of $750,000 is expected assuming the popular gimmick is not hit Friday or on Saturday’s puzzler of a Fountain of Youth program.

The expected carryover on the 20-cent wager should translate to a final pool of perhaps as much as $6 million. The sequence spans races 6 to 11.

The racing department did not give bettors an easy task, with three full fields and another with 11 horses making up two-thirds of the sequence. In addition, half the eight-horse field in leg 2, a maiden special weight dash for 3-year-old fillies, are first-time starters, including the $2 million yearling purchase Sedona, who will make her much anticipated debut for trainer Shug McGaughey.

A capsule look at the Rainbow 6 follows.

Race 6

This one-mile allowance and optional claimer on the turf may feature a potential single for someplayers. The red-hot Ro Town has won her last two starts over the Tapeta but appears to be working extremely well for her grass debut. Both her older siblings are multiple winners over the surface.

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Other potential options include Elysian Field, despite this being her first start in five months; Queen Macha, who is working well while putting blinkers back on for the first time since joining trainer Rohan Crichton’s barn; Our Dotsie; and Texas Shuffle.

Race 7

The aforementioned maiden special weight dash features several logical choices, including trainer Bill Mott’s Bedazzle ’Em, who has been a beaten favorite in each of her last two starts; Vincey Girl, who is exiting a much-improved effort in her second start; and Neat Trick, who ran well at first asking and has recorded her last two works in company with no less a mate than Dornoch, who is among the current leaders of the 3-year-old division. Sedona, a half-sister to Grade 3 winner First Captain, tops the list of first-time starters with Reliable Lady a potential price option having shown some promise in recent morning trials over the local strip.

Race 8

We go back to the turf for a five-furlong allowance dash for fillies and mares with 11 entered and trip likely the great equalizer in determining the final outcome. Qualy had himself a rough trip over the surface last time in a key race that produced a trio of next-out winners and is a must use, as is Run for the Hills, who exits another solid second-place finish in the same event but with the caveat of having proven to be a bit of a hanging sort of late. Ivory Moon was bet to 9-5 in the same contest but never got to use her best weapon, speed, and probably deserves a mulligan wheeling back against the same kind.

Race 9

This another allowance race is on the main track for statebreds going seven furlongs. Cacciatore is the big question mark coming off an eye-catching maiden win first time out for the Coy barn. He looked good hugging the rail while strong from the gate in his most recent work after drifting very badly finishing up his previous drill. For those not trusting this guy to repeat his last, Bird Wildcat and Mauna Kea Bound, first and second, respectively, under similar conditions on Jan. 28, must be used as should Morgan Point, who is back with statebreds for the first time since the fall, and class-dropping Cattin, who is also capable of springing a mild upset at their best.

Race 10

The first of two more turf races to round out the sequence, the “All” button could be a friend to everyone who can afford such a luxury. For those looking to narrow the play down some, Sir London, a first-time gelding, the in-form What Say Thee, and newly blinkered Hakkimi are hard to ignore. The poorly posted pair of Fredo and American Diamond are also in the equation.

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Race 11

A couple of well-bred first-timers are part of the mystery of this full field of maiden 3-year-old fillies that will decide the finale on turf. For those looking to narrow things down a bit in the nightcap, Jessamine Hill exits a very promising debut and a couple of sharp works on the Tapeta, while Grayosh is another who outran her odds at first asking and looked good working over the Payson Park main track several weeks later. Katherine Thomas ran a couple of good ones on turf as a 2-year-old in New York before getting in trouble in her local bow. Braid has just a modest work tab prepping for her debut for trainer Todd Pletcher but is kin to multiple Grade 1 winner Hawkbill.

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