No clear favorite in Wednesday allowance feature
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Horseplayers looking for a single when attacking what figures to be a seven-figure Rainbow 6 carryover Wednesday at Gulfstream Park will find no relief in the nominal feature of a 10-race card.
Not only is there no clear-cut favorite in race 9, the lone allowance of the day, but all nine fillies and mares entered are live, meaning there might not even be a 20-1 shot in the field.
With Monday action pending, the Rainbow 6 still hadn’t been swept by a solo winner since Jan. 13. The jackpot stood at more than $1 million after Sunday.
In the likely case that the jackpot failed to be emptied Monday, bettors will be back hard at work on the Wednesday sequence, which runs from races 5-10. For a single, they’d probably do better than trying to pluck one out of the $44,000 feature, a first-level allowance at seven furlongs. Perhaps the lukewarm favorite will be Diamond Earring, who represents the same connections (Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and trainer Kathy Ritvo) that campaigned Mucho Macho Man, but again, this is a race with a load of viable options.
First post Wednesday is 12:35 p.m. Eastern, with race 5 set for 2:35 and race 9 for 4:35.
KEY CONTENDERS
Diamond Earring, by Hold Me Back
Last 3 Beyers: 81-62-72
◗ Her second race following a layoff was improved over the first, as she closed steadily to be third in a similar entry-level allowance here Jan. 27 at 10-1.
Savingtime, by Kantharos
Last 3 Beyers: 73-57-70
◗ This rail-drawn filly is the most experienced in the field with 16 lifetime starts and exits a victory against Florida-breds when returning to open company. She owns the field-high Beyer Speed Figure (84).
Racen, by Philanthropist
Last 3 Beyers: 77-76-39
◗ Fifth in the same key Jan. 27 race exited by Diamond Earring, this gray Ontario-bred also has the recency to recommend her in the third race of her form cycle.
Romantic Vision, by Lemon Drop Kid
Last 3 Beyers: 62-43-67
◗ Before being sidelined for minor surgery following a maiden victory in July, “this filly was getting there,” said trainer Rusty Arnold. “We kind of like her. She’s come back well.”