Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $500,000

All-Stakes Sequence Anchored by Coolmore Fountain of Youth (G2)
Early Pick 5 Pool Estimated at $750,000; Late Pick 5 at $1.5 Million
Taste at the Track Returns Saturday with Bourbon & BBQ

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is estimated to reach $500,000 for Saturday’s blockbuster 14-race Coolmore Fountain of Youth (G2) Day program at Gulfstream Park featuring nine stakes, eight graded, worth $2.025 million in purses.

First race post time is 11:30 a.m. ET.

The popular multi-race wager has been hit six times since the Championship Meet opened Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, most recently for $77,814.84 Feb. 20. Thus far, the largest jackpot payout of $416,348.44 came Jan. 8.

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

Saturday’s Rainbow 6 spans Races 9-14, anchored by the $425,000 Coolmore Fountain of Youth for 3-year-olds on the road to the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) March 28. The field of 10 is led by Commandment, dominant winner of the Mucho Macho Man Jan. 3, and the undefeated trio of Grade 1 winner Napoleon Solo, Jan. 31 Swale winner Solitude Dude and Jackson Hole, a Dec. 13 debut winner at Gulfstream. Chief Wallabee is trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, who won last year’s Fountain of Youth with eventual Horse of the Year Sovereignty.

A total of 105 qualifying points to the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1) are up for grabs in the Fountain of Youth to the top five finishers on a 50-25-15-10-5 basis.

The Rainbow 6 sequence is kicked off by the $100,000 San Cristobal overnight handicap for older horses on the all-weather Tapeta course. Hades, 2024 winner of the Holy Bull (G3), will try the surface for the first time against such synthetic specialists as Iron Hand, Classic Mo Town, Prevent and Private Thoughts.

Race 10 is the $175,000 The Very One (G3) for older fillies and mares on the grass, where multiple stakes winner No Show Sammy Jo will break from outermost Post 9 seeking her first graded success having placed twice previously. Also prominent are Grade 3 winners Venencia, Candy Quest and Group 1 winners For Flying (Brazil) and Dona Clota (Chile).

Race 11 is the $225,000 Davona Dale (G2) for 3-year-old fillies on the road to the $275,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) March 28. The Davona Dale offers 105 qualifying points for the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) on a 50-25-15-10-5 scale to the top five finishers.

On Time Girl, Commandment’s Brad Cox-trained stablemate, is the 9-5 program favorite off back-to-back wins including Gulfstream’s Forward Gal (G3) Jan. 31. Her rivals include Forward Gal runner-up Imperatrice, Jan. 1 Cash Run winner Haute Diva and last-out maiden winners Omaha Bay, Swing Vote and She Be Smooth.

Race 12 is the $175,000 Honey Fox for older fillies and mares on the grass. Among the wide-open field of 10 are Crevalle d’Oro and Movin’ On Up, respectively second and third in the Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf (G2) Jan. 24, and 2025 Queen Elizabeth II (G1) winner Lush Lips.

Race 13 is the $225,000 Mac Diarmida (G2) for older horses on the grass led by Layabout, a winner of back-to-back Gulfstream turf stakes including the Jan. 24 William L. McKnight (G3); Grand Sonata, a $2.5 million earner and winner of Gulfstream’s 2022 Kitten’s Joy (G3) that was beaten a head in last year’s Mac Diarmida; and the pair of stakes winners Anegada and Zverev from trainer Mike Maker, who has won the Mac Diarmida five of the last seven years.

Stakes action begins in Race 3 with the $200,000 Colonel Liam for 3-year-olds on the grass. Multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Wolfie’s Dynaghost makes his 8-year-old debut in Race 4, the $175,000 Canadian Turf (G3) for older turf horses. Sister Troienne chases a sixth straight victory in Race 6, the $200,000 Herecomesthebride (G3) for 3-year-old fillies on grass, while two-time Grade 3 winner Knightsbridge will be a heavy favorite to make it three straight in Race 7, the $225,000 Gulfstream Park Mile (G3).

Pools are estimated to reach $750,000 in the 50-cent Early Pick 5 (Races 1-5) and $1.5 million in the 50-cent Late Pick 5 (Races 10-14).

Taste at the Track Returns Saturday with Bourbon & BBQ

In addition to a stakes-filled Coolmore Fountain of Youth (G2) Day program, Gulfstream Park will host Taste at the Track: Bourbon & BBQ Saturday in the Flamingo Room.

VIP admission (noon to 4 p.m.) is $125, while standard admission is $100 (1-4 p.m.)

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Who’s hot: Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez rode back-to-back winners Friday, Nic’s Bro ($13.20) in Race 4 and Blind River ($21) in Race 5. Velazquez is named in seven of nine stakes Saturday including undefeated 3-year-old Jackson Hole in the $425,000 Coolmore Fountain of Youth (G2) and 3-year-old filly Imperatrice in the $225,000 Davona Dale (G2).