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Mandatory Pick 6 Payout Scheduled For Saturday’s Season-Ending Card At Charles Town

When Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races offers its final racing program of 2021 on Saturday evening, Dec. 18, it will also be offering horseplayers a value-added opportunity with a mandatory payout of the track's Pick 6 carryover.

The Charles Town 6-12 carryover currently stands at $141,910 with 2 cards remaining prior to its distribution. The Charles Town 6-12 is a jackpot style Pick 6 covering the final six races on each Charles Town card and carries a low 12-percent takeout.

Due to the low takeout and size of the carryover, the mandatory payouts of the Charles Town 6-12 have typically resulted in a players' advantage of upwards of 13 percent paid out on top of the gross pool on the night of the distribution.

The first race on Charles Town's Saturday night program is scheduled for its standard 7:00 P.M EST post time, with the Pick 6 sequence beginning in Race 4 at 8:30 P.M. EST and culminating with the evening's ninth and final event.

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Jockey Of The Week: Arnaldo Bocachica Dominates Charles Town Standings For Fourth Year In A Row

With the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town 2021 meet quickly coming to a close, Arnaldo Bocachica has again run away with the leading jockey title. Last week he added eight wins to his already lofty total to earn the title of Jockey of the Week for Dec. 6 through Dec. 12. The honor, which is voted on by a panel of racing experts, is for jockeys who are members of the Jockeys' Guild, the organization which represents more than 1050 active, retired and permanently disabled jockeys in the United States.

The hard-working, personable Bocachica, known as “Boca” at the track, has led the jockey standings at Charles Town in wins and purse earnings for the last three years and is poised to make it four years in a row with 252 wins, 150 more than his closest competitor and nearly $5 million in purse earnings through Dec. 12. His winning percentage is a lofty 35 percent. The Charles Town meet closes this Saturday, Dec. 18.

Riding since 2006, the 33-year-old native of Puerto Rico has made Charles Town his home track riding first call for leading trainer Jeff Ronco as well as other top trainers at the track. The Ronco/Bocachica pair post a 37 percent win rate, and Bocachica won career race 2,000 on March 6, 2021 for Jeff Ronco.

Bocachica began the week on Wednesday by winning two races for Jeff Ronco and one for trainer Anthony Farrior. With no wins on Thursday, Bocachica won three on Friday, one for Ronco and two for Farrior. He continued his winning ways on Saturday with a win for trainer Victor Espinosa and one for Farrior.

Bocachica's weekly statistics included eight wins from 15 starts for 53.3 percent winners and 80 percent in-the-money finishers with total purse earnings of $127,060.

Other nominees for Jockey of the Week were Dylan Davis who won the Garland of Roses at Aqueduct, Mario Gutierrez who pulled the upset win in the G2 Los Alamitos Futurity, Colby J. Hernandez who won the Champions Day Classic at Fair Grounds and Luis Saez who won the G3 Mr. Prospector at Gulfstream Park.

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‘Horse Population Isn’t Improving’: Charles Town Approved For 220 Dates Next Year, But May Adjust Downward

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has been approved for its 2022 live racing days, with a 220-day calendar that will see next year's season kick off on Thursday, Jan. 6 at the track's standard 7:00 P.M. EST first post.

As per West Virginia state code, Charles Town is required to submit a request for at least 220 live days before attempting to adjust it downward.

While the current schedule calls for 220 live days, it's the track's hope that this will not represent the 2022 calendar in its final form.

“We are in discussions with the Charles Town HBPA on amending this calendar and it's certainly our hope to have a resolution as to what next year will look like sooner than later,” said Charles Town's Director of Racing Operations Charlie McIntosh. “The unfortunate reality is that our field size is down nearly one-half a horse compared to 2020, there are almost 300 empty stalls in our barn area currently and the situation with the horse population isn't improving.”

Charles Town has eight live days remaining in its 2021 season including this evening's program with the current year's live racing wrapping up on Dec. 18.

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Handicapper Mike Somich To Feature In EquinEdge’s New Live Show ‘Good Chalk/Bad Chalk’

EquinEdge™ will present a new, live horse racing show each Thursday night beginning Oct. 21 at 9:00 PM Eastern. The YouTube live stream will feature Mike Somich, co-host of The Magic Mike Show, along with Brady Klotz, a leading EquinEdge™ player, talking horse racing, building winning tickets and making selections for racing around the country.

Good Chalk / Bad Chalk will provide an opportunity for fans to participate in handicapping races with two of the best players in the business while enjoying some great conversation with the EquinEdge™ Community. Mike and Brady will use the EquinEdge™ platform on the show to instruct and inform players on the best use of the EquinEdge™ data and tool sets including the Genetic Strength Rating (GSR™), Strength of Race (SOR™) and the unique EE Ticket Generator.

The show will kick off this Thursday night when they'll cover Charles Town and Remington Park. Join the show here: https://youtu.be/AzV8YAinDlQ.

Mike Somich has become known for cashing large, multi-race tickets, and most recently, he's been focused on the tournament scene where he has qualified for NHC three consecutive years and won more than $65,000 across multiple tournaments over 2020 Breeders Cup weekend. You can find his product, the Somobombs, and The Magic Mike Show, along with co-host Curtis Kalleward, at RacingDudes.com

Brady Klotz burst onto the tournament scene this year by finishing 2nd in the 2021 Pegasus World Cup Betting Challenge. He is known for his hammer-ticket style of play. Brady finds favorites to fade and value plays to press his opinions.

“Mike is an absolute encyclopedia of racing knowledge, and he plays racing with a passion. Brady is a successful horseplayer and an engaging racing talent, and the two of them will provide a lot of value and fun with EquinEdge™ as their handicapping tool of choice,” stated Scotty McKeever, Founder and CEO of EquinEdge™.

About EquinEdge™

EquinEdge™ is a mobile and web-based platform that utilizes multiple data sets and unique, artificial intelligence-driven algorithms to develop values that enable players to quickly analyze any US horse race from competitive, genetic, and odds value angles. These values are combined with useful navigation and sorting tools and a unique wager generator tool to design tickets that win.

EquinEdge™ offers new subscribers an initial week of free service to try out the platform and to learn about its data. Go to EquinEdge™.com for more details.

About Racing Dudes

Racing Dudes.com is a destination site for free and premium picks and full stakes previews and recaps with options for any skill level. Racing Dudes Live, which covers major stakes days on the Racing Dudes YouTube channel, adds to the lineup which includes the titles Blinkers Off, The Magic Mike Show, The Rocket Hour and Dudes Who Bet Sports.

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