BALTIMORE – A special Memorial Day weekend schedule of live racing continues today with the Maryland state record jackpot carryover having grown to $747,098 in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 after going unsolved Friday at Pimlico Race Course.

    There were no live tickets to take down the jackpot heading into Friday’s ninth-race finale, won by My Man Pots N Pans ($9.60). There was $119,522 bet into the multi-race wager, which began with a carryover of $708,857 from the last live program on May 23. Multiple tickets with all six winners each returned $2,493.

    Introduced in Maryland on April 2, 2015, opening day of Pimlico’s spring meet, the Rainbow 6 had its previous state record carryover reach $345,898 spanning 31 racing programs before being solved by one lucky bettor for a life-changing $399,545.94 payout on April 15, 2018 at Laurel Park. The winning ticket was purchased through Maine off-track betting.

    Post time for the nine-race program is 12:40 p.m. The Rainbow 6 begins in Race 4, a six-furlong claimer for 3-year-olds and up which have never won three races, or 3-year-olds. The feature comes in Race 8, a 1 1/16-mile allowance for Maryland-bred/sired 3-year-olds and up, where Artistic Reason – a half-brother to 2020 Barbara Fritchie winner Majestic Reason – is set to make his 4-year-old debut after more than a nine-month layoff. Among the competition are four six-figure earners with a combined 69 starts as well as last-out stakes-placed Doubleoseven.

    The 50-cent Late Pick 5 Friday began with a carryover of $115,038 from May 23 and saw another $759,025 wagered. Tickets with all five winners were each worth $3,849.

 

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