HALLANDALE BEACH - A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot yielded multiple $48,609 payoffs on the first of eight consecutive Monday programs at Gulfstream Park.

    Curly Sue ($7.60), a 3-year-old daughter of Hall of Famer Curlin making her third career start, captured the Race 9 finale, a maiden special weight for fillies and mares 3 and up going a two-turn mile on the turf, to complete the winning 1-1-7-11-1-3 combination. There were 18 winning tickets sold.

    Other winners in the sequence were Bayou Brigid ($6.40) in Race 4, Titan ($30) in Race 5, Road to Midnight ($9.20) in Race 6, Saratoga Flash ($5.80) in Race 7 and He Be Hoppin ($59.40) in Race 8.

    A total of $985,355 was bet into the Rainbow 6 Monday on top of an $86,734 carryover from Sunday’s program, for a grand total of $1,072,090.

    The Rainbow 6 last produced multiple mandatory payouts of $5,172 June 28. There will be a mandatory payout every Monday at Gulfstream through the conclusion of the Royal Palm Meet on Aug. 31.

    Live racing resumes Saturday, when the Rainbow 6 begins anew, spanning Races 6-11. Leading off the sequence is a maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs on the main track that includes Girvy Girl, a $475,000 daughter of Girvin making her debut for meet-leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr., and the $70,000 Lady’s Island overnight handicap in Race 8, a five-furlong turf dash for fillies and mares 3 and up where trainer Victor Barboza Jr. sends out the talented trio of Great Venezuela, Tiffany Gold and Le Amazonia, winners of 17 combined races.

    The introduction of three player-friendly multi-race wagers also highlighted the first Monday live-racing program of the summer season.

    The $1 Players Place Pick 8 (Races 2-9), the $3 Players Late Pick 3 (Races 7-9), and the $5 Players Late Double (Races 8-9), all low 15-percent takeout bets, were added to Gulfstream Park’s daily wagering menu Monday. The $1 Players Place Pick 8, which requires bettors to build a ticket with the winner or second-place finish in all of the last eight races, returned $5,038.10. The $3 Players Late Pick 3 returned $2,069.10.

    The $3 Players Pick 3 paid $829.20 while the $5 Players Late Double paid $961.00 to close out a day of healthy payoffs.

    Notes: Trainer David Braddy saddled Road to Midnight ($9.20) for an eye-catching 6 ½-length victory in Monday’s Race 6, a five-furlong maiden special weight dash for juveniles on turf. Road to Midnight, who was purchased for $100,000 at the OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale by Champion Equine, is another impressive juvenile winner from the first crop of Florida stallion Roadster, the 2019 Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner …. Diego Herrera, who rode Road to Midnight to his second-out victory, also scored aboard Saratoga Flash ($5.80) in Race 7 to build a three-win lead over idle Samy Camacho at the top of the Royal Palm Meet jockey standings.

    Leonel Reyes, who won five races on July 11, scored on Bayou Brigid ($6.40) in Race 4 and Curly Sue ($7.60) in Race 9 … Seven-pound apprentice Pedro Pena also doubled with Titan ($30) in Race 5 and He Be Hoppin ($59.40) in Race 8 … Facet ($3.40) in Race 3 and Bayou Brigid are both trained by Heather Smullen.

    HALLANDALE BEACH - Gulfstream Park will mark the first of eight Monday programs during its Royal Palm Meet on July 13 by unveiling new wagers with fan-friendly takeouts, the first Monday mandatory payout of its 20-cent Rainbow 6, and food and drink specials throughout the property.

    The nine-race program begins at 12:20 p.m. with a maiden turf event that drew 11 fillies and mares. Live racing will be conducted Saturday, Sunday and Monday through August 31.

     Each Monday program will include a mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 with estimated pools of six figures.

    There will also be four new player-friendly wagers, three beginning July 13.

Players Late Pick 3: A $3 wager with a 15-percent takeout on the last three races.
Players Late Double: A $5 wager with a 15-percent takeout on the last two races.
Place Pick 8: Select the winner or second-place finisher in the final eight races of the day. The $1 wager has a 15-percent takeout and there will be a 100-percent carryover of the net pool when there are no winners.

    Come Monday, July 20 Gulfstream will offer a fourth new wager in the Summer Sweep Pick 5. The unique, multi-track Pick 5, hosted by Gulfstream and designed exclusively for retail customers, features a player-friendly 15% takeout and 100% of the net carryover if no ticket correctly selects all five winners.

    The Summer Sweep Pick 5 will feature Gulfstream races with rotating partner tracks including Woodbine, Fort Erie, Horseshoe Indianapolis, Parx and Emerald Downs.

    On July 13, the Players Late Pick 3 will begin with Race 7, an 11-horse claiming event at a mile and 70 yards on Tapeta. The Players Late Double will feature eight 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs on the main track in Race 8, and nine maiden fillies and mares in Race 9 going a mile on the turf. The Place Pick 8 begins with Race 2, a claiming event at a mile on the main track.

Mondays will also offer food and drink specials, giveaways and drawings.

    There will be a $500 drawing before the last race each Monday for 1/ST Rewards members as well as free Gulfstream merchandise and gifts to the first 50 1/ST Reward members.