Gulfstream Rainbow 6 hit for $3.59 million

Gulfstream Park's elusive 10-cent Rainbow 6 was hit Friday afternoon for a

record $3,591,245.44.

The ticket was purchased at The Meadowlands in New Jersey. The winning ticket

cost $3,118.50.

The previous record for a winning ticket on the Rainbow 6 was $791,364 on

April 1, 2012. The previous record carryover was $5.1 million on April 23, 2011.

The Rainbow 6 is paid out when there is only one unique ticket with all six

winners on the last six races of the day. Going into Friday's last race, there

were five live tickets. The winner in the last race, Feline Forum, returned $23.

The Rainbow 6 has produced several large payoffs, including $414,166.52

(January 2, 2012) and $327,110.71 (December 23, 2012). The last time the Rainbow

6 was hit was December 28 for $41,813.78.

Friday's 10-cent Rainbow 6 started with Keyner Veloz winning the fifth race

and paying $114. The rest of the winners were Original Cast ($11.40) in the

sixth, Odalys Halo ($36.80) in the seventh, Artie's Jasper ($17.20) in the

eighth, Mays Treasuretrove ($23.60) in the ninth and Feline Forum in the 10th.

Gulfstream's 10-cent Rainbow 6 begins all over again Saturday starting with

the seventh race. Post time is for 12:45 p.m. (EST).

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