Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $450,000
At 1h35, on February 5, 2026 • By Gulfstream Park
Godolphin 4-year-old homebred filly Spirit of Hope, a half-sister to 2023 Horse of the Year Cody’s Wish, will make her career debut as part of a 20-cent Rainbow 6 sequence estimated to reach $450,000 when the Championship Meet resumes Thursday at Gulfstream Park.
The popular multi-race wager last returned multiple mandatory payouts of $71,527.70 on Pegasus World Cup Day Jan. 24. The largest Rainbow 6 jackpot payout of the Championship Meet was $416,348.44 Jan. 8.
Thursday’s Rainbow 6 opens in Race 5, a starter optional claimer for 3-year-old fillies scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on the grass where both Cairo Comedy and last out winner Divine Blue are in for the $35,000 tag against six rivals. Call the Bullpen, third or better in four of six starts, also exits a victory going one mile on the Gulfstream turf Jan. 9 for trainer Carlos David.
Race 6 is a maiden special weight for older fillies and mares going a one-turn mile on the main track, where Spirit of Hope drew the rail in a field of six for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. By Street Sense out of the Tapit mare Dance Card, the bay filly has been working steadily since late November at Payson Park for her unveiling.
Among the competition are two $475,000 auction purchases seeking to break through for their Hall of Fame trainers. Shug McGaughey sends out Tejanita, by Tapit, for her sixth start having most recently run fourth in a six-furlong maiden event Jan. 3. Whitethorn, a daughter of Not This Time, races second time for Todd Pletcher after finishing second in a one-mile maiden spot Dec. 27 on the Gulfstream turf. She has two seconds and a third in three starts.
Sophomore fillies are scheduled to go five furlongs on the grass in a Race 7 optional claiming allowance led by My Sweetheart, stakes-placed on turf and dirt, and last out winners Ifyousaidso, Pillar of Beauty and Tosca. Race 8 is a maiden special weight for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather Tapeta featuring a trio of six-figure yearlings including Scope, by Hall of Famer Gun Runner, who is joined by his Pletcher-trained stablemate Lanum, a first-time starter by Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
