Bettors have a lucrative $357,208 carryover in the Derby City 6 to chase Sunday at Churchill Downs for the 11-race closing day program.
There is a mandatory payout in Sunday's 20-cent Derby City 6, which covers Races 6-11 starting at approximately 3:18 p.m. (all times Eastern) because it's closing day of the Spring Meet.
The jackpot was $357,207.76 at the conclusion of Saturday's action.
All monies will be distributed Sunday to ticket holders with the most winners in the six-race series. Track officials estimate the force-out of Sunday's total Derby City 6 pool to easily eclipse $1 million with new money.
Takeout on the Derby City 6 is just 15%—one of the lowest multi-race wager takeout rates in American racing—and only costs 20 cents per combination.
Sunday's closing day sequence features 63 entered horses for an average of 10.5 entries per race:
Race 6 (3:18 p.m.): $175,000 Maxfield Overnight Stakes (Listed), 3yo, 7 F (seven entries)
Race 7 (3:51 p.m.): $127,000 OC 100000n1x, 3yo, 1 1/8 M (11 entries)
Race 8 (4:23 p.m.): $175,000 Anchorage Overnight Stakes, f&m, 1 1/8 M (T) (nine entries)
Race 9 (4:55 p.m.): $225,000 Bashford Manor (Listed), 2yo, 6 F (13 entries)
Race 10 (5:27 p.m.): $300,000 Hanshin (Listed), 4&up, 1 M (11 entries)
Race 11 (5:58 p.m.): Mdn 120k, 3&up, 1 M (T) (16 entries, 12 can run)
Past performances are available at www.Brisnet.com. Fans can wager on the Derby City 6 on track at Churchill Downs; www.TwinSpires.com, the track's official online wagering platform; other online wagering outlets; and select satellite betting centers throughout North America.
Churchill Downs' admission gates will open at 11:30 a.m. The first of 11 races is 12:45 p.m. and the finale is scheduled for 5:58 p.m.
Gulfstream to Also Have Mandatory Payout in Rainbow 6
A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be held Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the fourth consecutive racing day following last Saturday's mandatory payout.
There will be a carryover jackpot pool of $58,471.73, heading into Sunday's nine-race program on which the Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 4-9.
Gulfstream hosts and analysts Ron Nicoletti and Samantha Perry handicap Sunday's 20-cent Rainbow 6.
The Rainbow 6 will be kicked off by a mile $35,000 maiden claiming race for 3-year-olds and up in which all but one of the seven entrants will be dropping from maiden special weight company. Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Blast Radius, who came up short in his recent return from a five-month layoff, has been installed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in a very challenging racing.
Nine 2-year-olds will converge in Race 5, a five-furlong maiden special weight event. Lou, an Arindel homebred finished second in his two career starts, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite. Arindel will also be represented by Oleg, a debuting some of Brethren. I'mbiggerthanilook returns from a heavily backed second-place finish in his debut. Antonio Sano-trained Strengthnguidance moves to the outside post after turning in a creditable effort after breaking from the often-tricky rail post position in his debut.
A well-balanced mile-and-70-yard optional claiming allowance on Tapeta for 3-year-olds and up awaits Rainbow 6 bettors in Race 6. Joseph is represented by a pair of entrants in a seven-horse field -- Caspian Sea, who is seeking his third straight win while facing better, and Shankar, who will be making his first start off the claim. Steady-running Globes is rated as the 2-1 morning-line favorite.
A field of 11 fillies and mares has been assembled for Race 7, a six-furlong $12,500 maiden claimer. Red hot trainer Victor Barboza Jr. will send out Sand Wedge, the 2-1 morning-line favorite who finished second last time out. Verina will race without blinkers for her first start for Barboza in a race that many bettors will regard as a 'spread' leg.
David Fawkes-trained Rum Saint Esprit, Rohan Crichton-trained Rolling On and Jose D'Angelo-trained Embrace the Dream figure to engage in a dogfight in Race 8, a 5 ½-furlong optional claiming allowance on Tapeta for Florida-bred 3-year-olds and up.
The Rainbow 6 sequence will be closed out in Race 0, a 1 1/16-mile bottom claimers for 3-year-olds on Tapeta that may be the most popular 'spread' race of the day.
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.
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