Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Sunday Estimated at $4 Million

Mi Bago Extends Win Streak to Three in $215,000 Colonel Liam
Disruptor Impressive Maiden Winner

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sunday’s mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park is expected to have an estimated pool of $4 million when it begins with Race 6, one of four turf events comprising the sequence.

Two of the turf events will feature full fields of 3-year-old in a maiden special weight at 1 1/8th mile.

The carryover going into Sunday’s program is $447,538.05.

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Race 6: Five furlongs turf, allowance optional claimer, fillies and mares

An evenly matched field of eight go to post and Creed’s Gold looks to repeat his 2 ¼ length victory here Jan. 23 over the Tapeta that came off a seven-month layoff. The 4-year-old filly has a victory over this course and distance as does Etrurian (Joe Orseno-Edgard Zayas) and Tiffany Gold (Victor Barboza-Emisael Jaramillo). Leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. saddles Bustin Bullet, whose second-place finish last out was flattered when Epona’s Hope returned to win the Ladies’ Turf Sprint.

Race 7: One-mile, main track, claiming, 4-year-olds and up

Eleven bottom-level claimers. Trappezoid has 10 wins at this distance, nine at Gulfstream, and comes off a fourth-place finish here in the slop. Bringer of Rain goes out first time after being claimed for $6,250 by Jose Gallegos (14 percent off the claim). Victor Barboza saddles Grand Tower, a winner last out in non-winners of three back in December. Pirate Radio, sixth last time out for a 12,500 tag, won at this distance Jan. 15.

Race 8: 1 1/8-mile, turf, maiden special weight, 3-year-old fillies

A dozen go to post and there’s lots of ways to go. Tellus Mater ran a big third in his debut Jan. 5 here at a mile for trainer Graham Motion. Hideaway, a $275,000 daughter of Curlin, draws the rail for her debut for Todd Pletcher. Bill Mott, Christophe Clement and Brendan Walsh all send out two contenders. Derry Girl gets blinkers on for trainer Dale Romans.

Race 9: 6 furlongs, main track, allowance optional claimer, 4-year-olds and up

Dilger and Uncaptured Warrior are two of the seven entered. Dilger is graded stakes placed and was second against similar company when returning Jan. 29 from a four-month layoff. Uncaptured Warrior is four of six at the distance. Con Compania makes his U.S. debut for trainer Angel Quiroz after winning eight of 20 starts in Chile and going five for eight at this distance. Martin Drexler saddles Have a Souper Day who will hope for a quick pace.

Race 10: 1 ½ miles, turf, allowance optional claimer, 4-year-olds and up

Another full field on the turf. Corruption, a son of Medaglia d’Oro, stretches out having won both of his starts here this winter at a mile for Mark Casse, who also saddles Kid Cairo. Vesting goes out for trainer Chad Brown having finished second in his 4-year-old debut here Jan. 5 by a neck behind Brees. L’Antharis needs a good trip having had some bad luck the last two times. Leading rider Irad Ortiz Jr. winds up on Classic Creation, fourth behind Vesting and Kid Cairo Feb. 1 in his first race since October. John Terranova trains.

Race 11: 1 1/8-mile, turf, maiden special weight, 3-year-olds

The finale has a dozen with four first-time starters from the barns of Cox, Mott, Clement and Walsh. Ortiz rides Bulldoze for Pletcher, fourth in his debut at a mile on the turf Jan. 25. Fateful Lightning fetched $600,000 at auction for Cox and jockey Luis Saez. Cash the Money, second on the Tampa turf last time out, is a first-time gelding.

On mandatory-payout days, the entire Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is paid out to the bettor or bettors with the most winners in the wager’s six-race sequence. The carryover jackpot is usually only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day’s pool usually goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Mi Bago Extends Win Streak to Three in $215,000 Colonel Liam

Gary Barber’s Mi Bago, already a two-time stakes winner at the Championship Meet, made it three in a row Saturday with a popular front-running triumph in the $215,000 Colonel Liam for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park.

Mi Bago ($6.20), a bay son of Vekoma favored at 2-1 against nine rivals, completed one mile in a stakes-record 1:32.51 over a firm turf course to register his fifth win from seven career starts, four of those stakes wins.

It was the second win of the day for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Casse also won the Herecomesthebride (G3) with 4-5 favorite Vixen, ridden by John Velazquez.

Mi Bago broke alertly from Post 8 and settled in a familiar spot on the lead, going a quarter-mile in 22:55 seconds and a half in 45.53 tracked to his outside by Wakan. Mi Bago coasted through six furlongs in 1:08.84 and opened up once straightened for home to win by 4 ¾ lengths under wraps. Enterdadragon emerged from a tight pack edge George Briggs by a nose for second, with another neck back to Forged Steel in fourth.

Bred in New York, Mi Bago has won all three of his winter Gulfstream starts in gate-to-wire fashion, taking the 7 ½-furlong Pulpit by five lengths to end 2024 and the one-mile, 70-yard Dania Beach Jan. 1 by three-quarters of a length, rained off the turf to the all-weather Tapeta.

Disruptor Impressive Maiden Winner

Disruptor, a $1.15 million yearling, was an impressive maiden winner in his second start, cruising away from seven others while winning by 9 ¼ lengths while covering seven furlongs in 1:22.94.

Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Disruptor is a son of Gun Runner who finished second in his debut here Jan. 25. The colt’s ownership includes Repole Stable and Spendthrift Farms. Disruptor was bred by Runnymede Farm and Peter Callahan LLC.