Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $1.25M for Sunday Mandatory

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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A 20-cent Rainbow 6 mandatory payout will be in the offing Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where the jackpot pool is expected to grow to an estimated $1.25 million.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Saturday for the 11th racing day in a row, creating a $134,689.85 carryover going into Sunday’s Rainbow 6 betting.

In the Rainbow 6, the jackpot pool is paid out only 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 goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Gulfstream Analysts Ron Nicoletti and Brian Nadeau break down the sequence for Sunday’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 mandatory payout.

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Sunday’s Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10, kicked off by a seven-furlong $35,000 claimer for fillies and mares on the main track in Race 5. The red-hot trainer-jockey duo of Jose D’Angelo and Leonel Reyes will be represented by Sweet Agenda, the 2-1 morning-line favorite who drops back into claiming company following a runner-up starter-allowance finish. Nick Tomlinson-trained Insolenta, a 5-year-old daughter of More Than Ready who holds an edge in experience over the 3-year-olds in the eight-horse field, drops from late-fading second in a two-turn optional claimer.

Paco Lopez is back in town. The fan-favorite jockey has named to ride in nine of Sunday’s 10 races, including Victor Barboza Jr.-trained Full Nelson in Race 6, a mile-and-70-yard starter allowance on Tapeta for 3-year-olds and up. The 5-year-old Full Nelson has enjoyed success at the distance (10-3-3-1) and on the all-weather surface (13-4-4-1). Steelin Bases seeks a repeat of recent two-length victory with Reyes up.

Barboza-trained Modo Leyenda is favored at 9-5 on the morning line for Race 7, a seven-furlong $25,000 maiden claimer for fillies and mares. The 3-year-old daughter of Munnings will be equipped with blinkers for the first time in her first start in claiming company following a trio of even efforts on turf and Tapeta. Kelly Breen-trained Mo Probable, a 3-year-old Improbable filly, will look to break through following a trio of runner-up finishes out of town. Paco has the return mount.

A challenging field of nine 3-year-olds and up has been assembled for Race 8, a mile-and-70-yard optional claimer on Tapeta that has the look of a popular ‘spread’ race. Barboza-trained Paris Surprise, who weakened late to finish third following a six-wide trip, will seek a more direct route to the winner’s circle under Reyes. Nolan Ramsey-trained Longbranch Lou returns from a 2 1/2-month layoff that following an off-the-board finish against better over the quirky Kentucky Downs turf course.

Sam Wilensky-trained Swaggish should benefit from a recent third-place showing in his first start back from Del Mar in Race 9, a six-furlong $35,000 claiming event for 3-year-olds and up. Reyes accepts return call. Carlos David-trained Editor has trained forwardly for his first start at Gulfstream following a pair of even efforts in Kentucky off the claim. Steve Klesaris-trained Eyes On the Ground drops back in for a tag for his return to Gulfstream, where he broke his maiden before heading out of town.

Delgado-trained Kokomo Kitty, who finished a close-up second in her first start on turf last time out, will seek graduation in her first start on Tapeta in Race 10, a mile-and-70-yard maiden special weight for fillies and mares. Reyes has the return mount on the 2-1 morning-line favorite in a field of nine. D’Angelo will also be represented in the field by Sovereign Gold, a 3-year-old Constitution filly who returns from a layoff since a close-up second-place finish behind a next-out winner in June.

NOTES: Trainer Victor Barboza Jr. saddled four winners on Saturday’s 11-race program at Gulfstream. The Venezuelan native, who has maintained a 21-percent strike rate since venturing to South Florida in 2015, scored with My Mom Forever ($12.80) in Race 2, before notching three wins in a row with Mossi ($4.60) in Race 5, Here Comes Leo ($10.20) in Race 6 and King Monolete ($9.60) in Race 7…Jockey Diego Herrera rode three winners on Saturday’s card, including Mattingly ($6), a runaway winner of the Carotari Handicap in Race 10. Herrera was also victorious aboard Mossi ($4.60) in Race 5 and King Manolete ($9.60) in Race 7.