Meadowlands Media Relations
East Rutherford, NJ - Saturday is shaping up
to be a day-long action fest at The Meadowlands. The gates will open at 8:30
a.m. to accommodate wagering on the Dubai World Cup card, Victory Sports Bar
will offer discounted food & drink all day and night for the
Sweet Sixteen round of March Madness, the $1 million Louisiana Derby opens the
final round of prep races for the May 7 Kentucky Derby and there are a dozen
live races beginning at 7:15 p.m.
However,
the pièce de résistance on this action filled day is the chance to hit “The Big
One” with Gulfstream’s Rainbow Six pool
now in excess of $4 million. Saturday has been set as the mandatory payout day
for the bet, which means the pool will be paid out regardless of how many
winners there are. Usually, the pool continues to carry over until a day when
there is just one winning ticket.
Assuming
nobody prematurely takes down the carryover on Friday’s card, Saturday’s pool
is expected to climb over the $10 million mark. In theory, a horseplayer could
have an even better day than the owner who wins $6 million for finishing first
in the Dubai World Cup!
The
Rainbow 6, with just a 20-cent minimum, consists of Gulfstream’s last six races
Saturday, races 7 through 12 (preliminary fields of 14, 15, 12, 14, 11, and 16). First post at
Gulfstream is 12:35 p.m.
The
Meadowlands live races are the usual mix of large, well matched
fields. The featured seventh race will see emerging talent
Pansformative face his toughest test to date. Having climbed the
condition ladder with remarkable ease, Pansformative is but a head away from a
four race win streak for new owner Carly Roman who bought the lightly
raced four-year-old gelding just over a month ago. Brett Miller will
drive for trainer Richie Johnson.
Pansformative will
find a millionaire to the left of him and one to his right as the
venerable war horses Dynamic Youth (post 2) and Real Nice (post 6) lay in
waiting. Dynamic Youth has collected more than $1.1 million in career earnings and
boasts a résumé that includes the
2012 Cane Pace. Racing out of the Ron Burke barn, the prospect of driving
Dynamic Youth lured Joe Bongiorno away from Pansformative despite his win
streak.
Real Nice, at age
eleven, has earned nearly $1.4 million the hard way and equaled his career best
1:49.4 earlier this season, so he hasn’t lost much off his fastball for trainer
Scott Blackler.
The presence of a
rejuvenated Mel Mara coming in to this off a punishing 1:49.1 win last week adds
intrigue to the race.
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4 program pages here. If
it’s action you seek, you’ll certainly find it at The Meadowlands on Saturday.
