Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Estimated at $300,000

2YO Colt Tappan Street Impresses in Saturday Unveiling
Tutta La Vita Makes U.S. Debut, Race Declared No Contest
Field of 12 in Middle Leg of Sunday’s Tropical Turf Pick 3

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have an estimated pool of $300,000 when racing resumes Sunday at Gulfstream Park.

The sequence spans Races 5-10 starting with a claiming event for 3-year-olds and up sprinting five furlongs on the all-weather Tapeta course where Ours for Sure and Split Strike meet up again after running third and fourth, respectively, in a similar spot Nov. 28.

Race 6 is a seven-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-olds that drew a field of seven including first-time starters by Uncle Mo, Distorted Humor, Gun Runner, Frosted and Girvin as well as Nosleeptilbrooklyn, a daughter of Hall of Famer Ghostzapper making her third start and first since running second in a maiden special weight Sept. 13 at Churchill Downs.

Flying P Stable’s Chess Master will go after his 16th career win in Race 7, an optional claiming allowance scheduled for five furlongs on the grass. It will be the 51st start for the 8-year-old gelding but just the second this year, having finished second Aug. 15 at Saratoga off a 10-month layoff.

Sunday’s feature comes in Race 9, the $100,000 Key West overnight handicap for fillies and mares 3 and up going 1 1/8 miles on the Tapeta. Sand and Sea won the Orange Blossom and Key West last winter at Gulfstream, while Maryquitecontrary won the Inside Information (G2) in 2023 and Rampart in 2022 and 2023 and dead-heated for second with Sand and Sea Nov. 17 in her synthetic debut.

The Rainbow 6 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.

There will also be a carryover of $12,577.85 in the $1 Super High 5 in the Race 10 finale.

2YO Colt Tappan Street Impresses in Saturday Unveiling

WinStar Farm, CHC Inc. and Siena Farm’s Tappan Street, a $1 million son of Into Mischief, ran down pacesetting long shot Bob Mo after a long, sustained stretch drive to prevail in his career debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

Trainer Brad Cox was on hand to watch Tappan Street ($6.60), second choice at 2-1 in a full field of 12, complete seven furlongs in 1:23.46 over a fast main track under jockey Luis Saez for the maiden special weight.

“He’s a nice colt,” Cox said. “He showed us a good bit [this] summer. We had him in and he had a little setback so we adjusted. He’s been training well enough to debut at seven-eighths. We thought he was fit, and he ran well.”

Tappan Street showed eight timed breezes at Payson Park, where Cox has a string of 50 horses for the first time this winter, ahead of Saturday’s race. Bob Mo set fractions of 22.34 seconds, 45.13 and 1:10.22 and was in command at the top of the stretch while Saez was scrubbing on his mount. Once straightened for home, Tappan Street closed with aplomb to pass Bob Mo inside the sixteenth pole and win by 1 ½ lengths.

“At the three-eighths pole I was a little concerned. [Saez] was riding him a bit and said he was still green, which is to be expected,” Cox said. “But, he’s a very talented colt. Obviously, he cost a good bit of money and he looks the part. We’re excited about what he got done today. It’s not the longest stretch and he was a little slow to switch to his right lead but when he did, he really took off.”

Cox said Tappan Street will remain in South Florida to prepare for his yet-to-be-determined sophomore debut.

“He’ll stay at Payson,” he said. “He’ll absolutely stretch out. I think he showed us today with the way he had to kind of be asked to do what he did, two turns is where he’s going to be best.”

Tutta La Vita Makes U.S. Debut, Race Declared No Contest

Resolute Racing’s three-time Australian Group 1-placed mare Tutta La Vita made her North American debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park, finishing second in a race later declared a no contest following an early spill.

All wagers were refunded after 3-year-old filly Roscoe Village, breaking from Post 11 of 12 in the one-mile optional claiming allowance on turf for fillies and mares 3 and up, stumbled shortly out of the gate and dumped rider Jorge Ruiz. Roscoe Village was uninjured.

Several jockeys pulled up their mounts during the race while the track’s emergency sirens and lights went off. Ruiz was moving his extremities when helped off the track and taken to Aventura Hospital for further evaluation complaining of soreness and neck pain.

Purchased for $2.1 million (U.S.) at Australia’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale in May, 4-year-old Tutta La Vita had been training since mid-November at Gulfstream for her domestic unveiling after compiling a record of 1-3-2 from 12 starts at home, where she was third in the 2023 Darley Flight (G1) and second in the 2024 Vinery Stud Storm Queen (G1).

Sent off as the 2-1 favorite, Tutta La Vita settled near the back under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. in the early going and didn’t find a seam to run until inside the sixteenth pole, nosing Lady Cha Cha for second, a half-length behind first-place finisher Steel Lute. Tutta La Vita is under consideration for the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G2) Jan. 25 at Gulfstream.

“She did great,” Ortiz said. “She broke a step slow but after that she relaxed so well and then I tried to find where to go and it was hard to find [room]. I had probably 10 horses in front of me and I was trying to find the right way to go.

“The horse in front of me went out so I decided to not go around that one. I tried to cut inside and get through horses and it was hard. Finally at the end something opened up and she responded really well,” he added. “She was unlucky she got beat. She looks like she can be nice. She has a great mind, that’s one thing I really like about her. I look forward to staying on her.”

Trainer Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Correas IV was impressed with the way Tutta La Vita ran, despite the unique circumstances.

“Awesome. I think she overcame a lot of trouble,” he said. “It was a weird race. She fulfilled all our expectations, so we are very happy. She’s got a lot of class.”

Field of 12 in Middle Leg of Sunday’s Tropical Turf Pick 3

Sunday’s Tropical Turf Pick 3 will include a maiden special weight event for 3-year-olds and up as well as an allowance optional claimer and a starter allowance with full fields.

The sequence begins with Race 3, a 1 1/16-mile event for 3-year-olds and up with a 5-2 morning line favorite in Duration. Trained by Chad Brown, the gelded son of Mitole, sixth and fourth in two prior starts, gets blinkers on, a 27-percent move for Brown first time. Then comes off a six-month layoff and goes out first time for Philip Antonacci. Shadwell Stable’s Musta’ed makes his debut for Brendan Walsh.

Race 7 goes five furlongs on the turf and the field of 12 includes Bonus Move (3-1) for Mark Hennig. His only two starts at the distance have been rewarded with a victory and third-place finish over this course last winter. Born Flashy draws the rail and cuts back in distance for Ian Wilkes. Chess Master is the 5-2 favorite for trainer Jorge Abreu and leading rider Irad Ortiz Jr.

The Tropical Turf Pick 3 concludes with Race 10, a starter allowance at a mile. The 9-5 favorite King d’Oro draws the rail and Ortiz Jr. Nantasket Beach has two wins at the distance for Kelly Breen and is 4-4-2 in 14 starts over the turf.

Who’s Hot: Jockey Tyler Gaffalione registered a Saturday hat trick aboard Bam Bam ($4) in Race 2, Austonian ($14.20) in Race 4 and Mufasa ($10.20) in the $165,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) … Irad Ortiz Jr. visited the winner’s circle twice with Now Showing ($4.20) in Race 3 and Jerry the Nipper ($11.80) in the $100,000 St. Augustine, and Edgard Zayas doubled on Burnham Square ($4.60) in Race 7 and Candy Gray ($16.20) in Race 11 … Now Showing and Candy Gray are both trained by Saffie Joseph Jr.