Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Rainbow 6 picks . . .
HALLANDALE BEACH - The first day of racing in the new year at Gulfstream Park Wednesday will offer bettors an estimated pool in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 of $400,000. The Rainbow 6 will include two stakes races – the Fasig-Tipton Cash Run for 3-year-old fillies on the main track and the Dania Beach for 3-year-olds on the turf.
The sequence will begin with Race 5 at approximately 2:19 ET and conclude with Race 10. Both are maiden claiming events on the Tapeta.
Ron Nicoletti and Samantha Perry Preview the Rainbow 6:
Leg 1 (Race 5): 5 ½ furlongs Tapeta, $35,000 maiden claimer, 3-year-olds.
An evenly matched field of eight is led by the 5-2 favorite Ayman, who finished fourth in his debut over the main track on Dec. 6 for trainer Joe Orseno. Iron Sword (7-2), an $85,000 son of City of Light, makes his debut for trainer Jose D’Angelo. Luis Saez is named to ride. Davola was beaten only a length in his debut at Delaware in October but finished eighth in his last here on Dec. 6. The gelding drops from maiden special weight company for trainer John Servis.
Leg 2 (Race 6): 5 furlongs turf, $97,000 allowance optional claimer, 4-year-olds and up.
There’s an 8-5 favorite in this nine-horse field in Capture the Lion, who comes out of a sixth-place finish on Nov. 23 over the Tapeta in the Extravagant Kid. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. stays aboard for trainer Mark Casse. Orseno saddles Horsepower, who has two wins and three seconds in six starts on the turf. Tyler Gaffalione rides. They might all have to catch High Limit Room, who has seven wins on the turf. Fourth in the Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint, the 7-year-old will be saddled by Rohan Crichton.
Leg 3 (Race 7): mile and 70 yards Tapeta, $25,000 claimer, 4-year-olds and up.
From the rail out, there doesn’t seem to be much separating Space Launch (2-1) and Lights of Broadway (8-5). Ortiz Jr. gets the mount on D’Angelo’s Space Launch, while John Velazquez is on Lights of Broadway, who is 3-4-2 in 12 Tapeta starts. Peter Walder saddles Lights of Broadway and Thethrillofvictory with Luis Saez. Grand David has been on the front in his last three and he will likely be the one to run down. The 6-year-old is 4-3-4 in 15 Tapeta starts.
Leg 4 (Race 8): one mile, $165,000 Fasig-Tipton Cash Run, 3-year-old fillies.
Paradise City, trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. and ridden by Ortiz Jr., could go off the favorite. She finished fourth on Dec. 7 against the boys under allowance conditions at Gulfstream. Previously, the daughter of McKinzie was fourth at Keeneland after breaking her maiden here Sept. 6. Blinkers are off for the Cash Run. Five G leaves from the rail for trainer George Weaver and Velazquez. The Vekoma filly broke her maiden against New York-breds in November at Aqueduct before finishing second there on Nov. 17 in the Tepin. Both those races were on the turf. Yellow broke her maiden in her fourth attempt last time out for trainer Todd Pletcher. Andrea, another Joseph runner, won her debut and came back to win the Hallandale Beach. She has since finished sixth at Keeneland in the Myrtlewood and fifth in Tampa in the Sandpiper. Emisael Jaramillo has the mount.
Leg 5 (Race 9): one mile turf, $165,000 Dania Beach, 3-year-olds.
The key and possible single to the sequence could be Dream On, the 6-5 favorite for Casse and Ortiz Jr. The Not This Time filly makes her first start since finishing fifth, beaten 2 ¼ lengths, in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1). She was previously third in the Summer (G1) and second in the Soaring Free, both at Woodbine. Casse also saddles Mi Bago, who led throughout when winning the Pulpit on Nov. 29 here on the turf by five lengths. Edwin Gonzalez rides. Joel Rosario is named on Bucaro. Trained by Michael Trombetta, the filly was third here in the Pulpit and second in the Display over Woodbine’s synthetic surface in October.
Leg 6 (Race 10): 1 1/16-mile Tapeta, $17,500 maiden claimer, 3-year-olds.
Trainer Antonio Sano saddles two in Stone Cold Flex (3-1, Saez) and Flag Officer (10-1, Edgard Zayas). Stone Cold Flex drops from maiden $35,000 while Flag Officer drops from $25,000. Skull Honor, who has a second and two thirds from four starts, goes out first time off the claim for D’Angelo. Ortiz Jr. rides. Risen Sun, who was no factor in his debut in October, is a first-time gelding, trained by Nolan Ramsey. Otter Mischief drops from $50,000 company and gets Gaffalione for trainer Jeff Hiles.