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Aqueduct-Turfway Cross Country Pick 5 Pays $6,745

An all-stakes Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday returned $6,745.25 for selecting all five winners for the 50-cent wager at races from Aqueduct in New York and Turfway Park in Kentucky. The sequence's total pool was $110,645.

Visitant rallied from seventh to post a two-length win in the first leg, capturing the Kentucky Cup Classic for 4-year-olds and up going nine furlongs in Turfway's Race 9. Under jockey Deshawn Parker, Visitant logged a final time of 1:50.12. The William Morey trainee went off at 8-1, paying $18.80 on a $2 win wager.

Aqueduct made its first foray into the wager when Air Attack outkicked Musical Heart by one length to win the $75,000 Stud Muffin for 4-year-olds and up in a marathon 1 3/8-mile contest in Race 9 as part of the card's New York Claiming Championship Day. Owned and trained by John Toscano, Jr. Air Attack won at 4-1, returning $10. Eric Cancel utilized a three-wide trip and kept his charge forwardly placed before finishing strong in a final time of 2:21.93.

The first favorite to win came with Adventuring in the Bourbonette Oaks for sophomore fillies going one mile in Race 10 at Turfway. Conditioned by Brad Cox, Adventuring [$7.20] bested Spritz by two lengths, earning 50 qualifying points to the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks for the effort under jockey Florent Geroux. The Godolphin homebred hit the wire in 1:37.31.

Fox Red won the Big A's 10th-race finale, with Cancel recording his second straight win as the favorite won the $45,000 Dads Caps for 4-years-old and up going seven furlongs. Fox Red, trained by Linda Rice, topped Town Jak by 1 1/2 lengths, completing the course in 1:25.09. He paid $7.30.

Like the King closed the curtain on the wager by overtaking two rivals in the stretch to win the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks for sophomores going 1 1/8 miles in Race 11. The 100-40-20-10-point prep race for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby saw the Wesley Ward-trained Like the King win at 7-1, defeating Sainthood by one length in a final time of 1:50.22. Drayden Van Dyke rode the winner, who paid $16.00.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on track, on ADW platforms, and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.

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Prevalence Preps for Wood

Godolphin's unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star' Prevalence (Medaglia d'Oro) recorded his final breeze ahead of Saturday's GII Wood Memorial S. presented by Resorts World Casino, covering a half mile in a best-of-30 :47.60 at Palm Meadows Sunday morning.

“He worked here this morning at Palm Meadows and it went very well and he's flying up there [to Aqueductus] on Wednesday,” said conditioner Brendan Walsh. “It looks like he's going into the race in good shape. It's another step now, so we'll find out if he can go the two turns as well. This will answer our questions and be a good test for him.”

A buzzed-about 8 1/2-length debut winner going seven panels at Gulfstream Jan. 23, the homebred annexed a one-mile optional claimer by three lengths Mar. 11.

“He's a very nice, quiet, easy-going horse and I don't think the travel will affect him at all,” Walsh said. “We'll see how he handles the track. He hits me as a horse who can handle any kind of surface.”

Others to work in Florida Sunday before shipping to New York included the Saffie Joseph, Jr.-trained pair of GI Carter H. contender Mischevious Alex (Into Mischief) (4f, :47.14, 2/70 at Gulfstream) and GIII Bay Shore S.-bound Drain the Clock (Maclean's Music) (4f, :47.72, 5/70). Joseph will have 12 stalls at Belmont Park this spring.

“We're coming in with good horses in 'Alex' and Drain the Clock and it would be nice to get off to a good start,” he said. “I think we have a very strong set of horses.”

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‘The Race Will Do The Deciding’: Undefeated, Untested Prevalence Headed To Wood Memorial

Godolphin's promising sophomore colt Prevalence will make his first start in a Kentucky Derby prep race next weekend, reports the Daily Racing Form. Untested in two career starts, which he won by a combined 11 1/2 lengths, the son of Medaglia d'Oro will show up in the entries for the Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.

The Wood offers the winner 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Tyler Gaffalione will head north to ride Prevalence, who is conditioned by Brendan Walsh.

“The way we're approaching it is the race will do the deciding not us hoping and thinking and hypothesizing,” Jimmy Bell, president of Godolphin U.S., told DRF. “Hopefully, the result will point you in one direction or another.”

Aqueduct: Empire 6 Will Continue To Offer Daily Mandatory Payout Through April

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the Empire 6 wager will continue to offer a daily mandatory payout in April at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Featuring a $0.20 bet minimum and 20 percent takeout, the Empire 6 wager requires bettors to select the first-place finisher of the final six races of the card. The full pool, minus takeout, will be distributed to bettors who select the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races on the card.

In January, NYRA established a daily mandatory payout of the Empire 6 at Aqueduct as part of a pilot program in response to horseplayer interest in wagers that reward the daily player with the opportunity for impressive payouts.

The Empire 6 was launched in August 2019 with a jackpot provision in which the full pool would be paid out only to a single ticket selecting the first-place finisher in all six races, otherwise 75 percent of the day's net pool would be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races with the remainder added into a jackpot and carried to the next day's Empire 6.

The Big A winter meet concludes on Sunday, March 28. The 11-day Aqueduct spring meet will run Thursday, April 1 through Sunday, April 18 with live racing offered on a Thursday to Sunday schedule. The spring meet will include 13 stakes worth $2.7 million in purses highlighted by the 96th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino on Saturday, April 3.

For more information, please visit NYRABets.com.

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