Pick 6 To Have $58,516 Carryover Thursday At Belmont Park

Thursday's Pick 6 will be boosted by a $58,516 carryover, as the multi-race wager went unsolved on Sunday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

The $1 Pick 6, implemented at the current 48-day Belmont spring/summer meet, returned $4,709.50 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.

The sequence kicked off in Race 4 with Joel Rosario guiding Attentive [No. 2, $10] to victory in a 1 1/16-mile claiming event on the turf for trainer Mike Maker.

Manny Franco piloted River Dog [No. 1, $11.40] to a scintillating maiden score in Race 5 for trainer Jeremiah Englehart. The first time starter, by Twirling Candy, covered six furlongs in 1:09.05 in the state-bred sprint.

Rosario struck again in Race 6 with Blue Lou Boyle [No. 10, $8.10], closing down the middle of the track to collar frontrunning Brazillionaire. Hall of Famer Mark Casse trained the winner for Gary Barber.

Safe Conduct [No. 10, $79] blew up the sequence as the longest shot on the board in Race 7, a 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claiming event on the inner turf. With Jose Lezcano up, Safe Conduct made the lead at the stretch call and held off all comers for a 2 ½-length score for trainer Phil Serpe.

Rosario picked up his third win on the card when Vault [No. 1, $8.80] rallied from last-of-6 to capture the featured Grade 2, $200,000 Ruffian for trainer Brad Cox.

Ballydooley [No. 5, $32.40] closed out the difficult sequence under Eric Cancel for trainer Michelle Nevin in Race 9, a six-furlong sprint for maiden claimers on the Widener turf course.

Featuring a $1 bet minimum and 15 percent takeout, the Pick 6 wager requires bettors to select the first-place finisher of six designated races on the card. A total of 75 percent of the full pool, minus takeout, will be distributed to bettors who select the first-place finisher of all six races. A consolation payout of 25 percent of the net pool will be distributed to tickets selecting 5-of-6 winners. In the event there are no tickets with six winners, there will be a carryover of 75 percent of the net pool into the next day of the meet with the remaining 25 percent of the net pool distributed as a consolation payout to tickets selecting the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races on the card. On carryover days, the Pick 6 is offered with a 24 percent takeout.

The $1 Pick 6 replaced the Empire 6, a jackpot style wager featuring a $0.20 bet minimum first offered in August 2019 at Saratoga Race Course.

Thursday's Pick 6 will begin in Race 4 at Belmont, a six-furlong claiming sprint, with a post time of 4:40 p.m. Eastern. The sequence offers three turf races, including an 11-furlong, $90,000 maiden special weight in Race 6 featuring field of 11. First post on Thursday's nine-race card is 3:05 p.m.

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$114,873 Late Pick 5 Carryover Saturday At Aqueduct

The Late Pick 5, covering the final five races of every card at NYRA tracks, was not hit on Friday, resulting in a carryover of $114,873 on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.

Buyer's Remorse started the sequence in Race 4 of the eight-race card on Friday, posting a victory for trainer Antonio Arriaga in a 6 ½-furlong starter allowance. Ridden by Trevor McCarthy over a fast track, Buyer's Remorse returned $9.90 on a $2 win wager.

Mr Phil rallied from sixth to register a three-quarter length victory in Race 5 at 12-1 odds for trainer James Ryerson. Piloted by jockey Jorge Vargas, Jr., Mr Phil won the six-furlong claiming sprint, paying $27.20.

Imperio D, the second-choice in a six-furlong maiden claimer for New York breds in Race 6, surged home a 5 ¾-length winner for trainer Rudy Rodriguez. Ridden by Manny Franco, Imperio returned $5.60.

A pair of big-price winners closed the card, starting with Poncho Song at 11-1 overtaking odds-on favorite Timed Out in the stretch and recording a 1 1/4-length score in Race 7. Poncho Song, trained by Mark Hennig and ridden by Vargas, Jr., paid $24.20.

New York-bred My Amanjena ensured the carryover in the eighth race finale, thundering home clear of fellow longshot King of American, who also would have initiated the carryover, for the 1 1/8-mile route. Off at 16-1, My Amanjena, ridden by Luis Rodriguez Castro and trained by Gregory DiPrima, returned $34.60.

Saturday's nine-race card will see the Late Pick 5 begin with Race 5 at 2:20 p.m. Eastern. First post is set for 12:20 p.m.

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$265,042 Early Pick 5 Carryover At Aqueduct On Saturday

The Early Pick 5, covering the first five races of every card at NYRA tracks, went unsolved on Friday, resulting in a carryover of $265,042.64 when live racing resumes on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.

Multiple big-priced winners on Friday's eight-race card helped start the action at the Big A, with 73-1 longshot Gratto Swing kicking the day off with a half-length victory in Race 1. The Edmund Pringle trainee outkicked Me 'n Sap to win the six-furlong maiden sprint, returning $148.50 on a $2 win wager.

Ridden by Benjamin Hernandez, the payout was the highest of the Aqueduct winter meet on its 16th day. Brandolino returned $120 for winning Race 2 on December 11, marking the meet's previous highest payout.

Flashndynamite, off at 7-1, won a one-mile allowance tilt in Race 2, paying $16. Trained by Michael Moore and piloted by meet-leading rider Kendrick Carmouche, Flashndynamite rallied from fourth to outkick Kansas Kis.

Reed Kan paid $5.50 for toping a five-horse field in Race 3. Conditioned by Mertkan Kantarmaci, Reed Kan saw Hernandez notch his second win, capturing the six-furlong claiming race.

Baba, off at odds of 26-1 in the one-mile maiden contest in Race 4, paid $54, edging 3-1 Coal Shaft by a head to win for trainer Tom Albertrani. Jorge Vargas, Jr. was the victorious jockey in leading Baba for her first win in five career starts.

Jackie Milton, a 4-1 selection, capped the Early Pick 5 with her victory in the seven-furlong claiming race. Trained by Wayne Potts and ridden by Pablo Morales, Jackie Milton returned $10.20.

Saturday's Early Pick 5 will begin with the opening race with a post time of 12:20 p.m.

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Pick 5 Carryover Spurs Brisk Wagering On Saturday Night Meadowlands Program

Handle reached remarkable heights and Let It Ride N stamped himself as the top harness horse currently in training on an eventful Saturday night at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.

Wagering on the 15-race program totaled $4,562,477, which topped the “non-event” 2020 best of $4.1 million on June 20, when there were 18 races on the card. The average per race was $304,165, a number not seen since Hambletonian Day, when an average of $358,163 was put in play.

From the get-go Saturday, the action was fast and furious, as $565,076 was bet in the first race, thanks to $314,217 in “new money” wagered into the 20-cent Pick-5, which saw a total pool of $360,948 after the carryover of $46,731 was added in.

Another $468,040 was wagered on the sixth race, due in large part to an Early 50-cent Pick-4 pool of $120,947. The Late 50-cent Pick-4 was predictably popular as well, with $102,248 in action leading to $351,354 in total play. The single-race $350,000 barrier would be broken four times during the night.

RIDE, RIDE, RIDE: The incredible early success of the Nifty Norman-trained Let It Ride N continued in the featured $28,000 Open/Preferred Handicap for pacers, as the 8-year-old gelded son of Rock N Roll Heaven-Love A Gamble stayed perfect in five North American starts since his arrival from Australia in late November.

Driver Dexter Dunn didn't ask Let It Ride N for big speed at the start, settling in seventh along the rail from post nine in the nine-horse field around the first turn. Searching for a second consecutive score, Harambe Deo set a fast pace, hitting the quarter in :26.1.

Before the half, Dunn had Let It Ride N racing on the rim, following the first-over Rock Diamonds N as Harambe Deo paced the half in :53.2. Nearing the five-eighths, Rock Diamonds N started to back up in the 1-2 favorite's face, so Dunn had to move three-wide likely earlier than he would have liked.

It didn't matter.

“He had no choice [but to move him],” said Norman of Dunn's aggressiveness. “But the horse has a huge kick and seems to be able to carry his speed a long way.”

Let It Ride N gobbled up ground while three-wide around the far turn and collared Harambe Deo shortly after they straightened up in the stretch before blowing his foes away in a thoroughly dominant performance, scoring by 2 lengths over the late-rallying Hesa Kingslayer N after pacing his final quarter in :26.1. Vettel N closed for third. Highalator, the 9-2 second choice, finished seventh, with Harambe Deo (7-1) eighth.

“He really amazed me,” said Norman of his prized pupil. “He doesn't seem to have any bottom in him. I'm in shock again tonight. He's got an amazing brush. What impressed me the most, is once he passed Harambe Deo, he kicked off again like he had another gear.”

Let It Ride N, who won at The Meadowlands on Dec. 12 in 1:48.4 and now has three wins at the mile oval, lowered his lifetime best to 1:48.1. He's now won 23-of-59 lifetime starts and earned $360,958 for owners Enzed Racing Stable Inc.

“He's 8 years old,” said Norman. “You don't expect 8-year-olds to do this. All I've done is put him on Lasix, so he must have been bleeding back home. Next, I'll take him to Yonkers to see if he can get around a half-mile track. We might try the [Borgata] series there. I'm going to have to stake him to some races this year. He looks like he can be a Grand Circuit horse. I have to give him that chance.”

A LITTLE MORE: Dunn and Yannick Gingras picked up right where they left off in 2020, as each won three times on the card. … Norman had a training double, as did Stacy Chiodo. … Racing resumes Friday at 6 p.m. … The Big M will race every Friday and Saturday from now through Hambletonian Day, Aug. 7.

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