The Sunday, June 11, live race program at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., marks the final card of the bayside track's 2023 Winter/Spring meet. First post is 1:15 p.m. Pacific. With closing day comes mandatory payouts in four bets: the Golden Pick 6, both Pick 5 wagers, and the Rolling Super High Five.
The Golden Pick 6 is a 20-cent minimum bet and features the last six races on any given race card. The sequence on Sunday goes as Races 5 through 10. Heading into Friday's card, the Golden Pick 6 jackpot carryover sits at $35,904. If there fails to be a single ticket jackpot winner on Friday or Saturday – meaning a lone ticket hits all six winners in the Pick 6 – then the carryover amount will be even greater come mandatory payout Sunday. A mandatory payout would still be in play even if a single ticket winner took down the Pick 6 jackpot on Friday and or Saturday.
The Early Pick 5 and Late Pick 5 sequences are also mandatory payout wagers on Sunday. The Early Pick 5 consists of the first five races (Races 1-5) on the card while the Late Pick 5 is comprised of the last five races (Races 6-10). Both Pick 5 sequences are 50-cent minimum plays.
Rounding out the list of mandatory payout bets on Sunday is the last Rolling High Five wager of the day. The Rolling High Five tasks horseplayers with correctly tabbing the first five finishers in order. The Rolling High Five is only offered in races where there are seven or more official starters. On Sunday, the tenth and last race of the day has eight starters. If two defections were to occur in Race 10, then the Rolling High Five mandatory payout race would be Race 9, which attracted a field of nine.
The signature race on Closing Day Sunday is Race 7, the inaugural $75,000 Dream of Summer Stakes for California-bred or sired fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward at 5 furlongs on turf. Among the main contenders are stakes winners Chancery Way, Sadie Bluegrass, and Sassy Nature. Race 7 kicks off the popular Late Pick 4 wager.
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