HALLANDALE BEACH - Two maiden special weight events, one each on dirt and turf, and the 11th running of the $115,000 Any Limit for 3-year-old fillies highlight a 20-cent Rainbow 6 sequence that will offer a mandatory payout Sunday at Gulfstream Park.

    Post time for the first of 10 races is 12:50 p.m.

    Solved Thursday for a $298,604 payout, the Rainbow 6 pool is estimated to reach $1 million. The sequence opens in Race 5, a six-furlong main track test for 3-year-old filly maidens that drew a field of eight, five of which brought six figures at auction including offspring of Gun Runner, Nyquist, Union Rags and More Than Ready. In the Stars, a $300,000 daughter of Into Mischief, returns after finishing ninth in her debut last fall at Churchill Downs, one of two horses to have raced previously.

    Race 6 is a claiming event for 4-year-olds and up scheduled for one mile on the grass. Ocean Atlantique, a stakes winner of $561,635 in purse earnings, races first off a $35,000 claim for trainer Mike Maker, beaten a neck going 1 1/16 miles on the Gulfstream turf Feb. 14. Victory Dash and O Captain each exit a win at the course and distance, the latter taken out of his race for $25,000 by trainer Carlos Narvaez.

    Eleven 3-year-old maidens will line up in Race 7, a 1 1/16-mile claiming event on the all-weather Tapeta course. Ayman drops in class, stretches out and adds blinkers off a $17,500 claim by Narvaez after running second in a 5 ½-furlong sprint Jan. 24. Trainer Jose D’Angelo sends out the pair of first-time starter Big Bob and Skull Honor, second or third in four of seven starts, and Championship Meet leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. counters with the duo of Aussie Bound, going turf to Tapeta, and Maktub, unraced since late November.

    Older claiming horses are scheduled to go a mile on the turf in Race 8, where Smart Spending chases a third straight win after back-to-back scores on the Tapeta. Floribunda, unraced since mid-October, returns looking for a fourth consecutive victory, a streak that started with a one-mile turf win last March at Gulfstream.

    Sunday’s feature comes in Race 9, the Any Limit sprinting six furlongs on the main track. Rojo Rita, a 16 ¼-length debut winner at the course and distance Nov. 15, looks to rebound off a troubled run in the seven-furlong Forward Gal (G3). She is one of three Joseph-trained starters along with 2024 Florida Sire Desert Vixen winner R Morning Brew and last-out maiden winner Luvumorgan. Magnolia Prime captured her Feb. 9 unveiling in front-running fashion.

    The Rainbow 6 wraps up in Race 10, a maiden special weight for 3-year-old fillies scheduled for five furlongs on the grass. Snitch Dorada, a distant second to Rojo Rita in her lone start; Mae Town, beaten a half-length when rallying for third in a similar spot Feb. 15; My Anticipation, second in each of her races, one apiece on turf and Tapeta; and first-time starters Majustify, Blue Moon Tide, Timeless Wonder and Emoji are among the overflow field of 13.

     There will also be a carryover of $11,110 in the $1 Super Hi-5 (Race 10). comments powered by Disqus