by Ryan Martin
Friday’s card at Belmont at the Big A will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $22,140 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s nine-race card.
The $1 Pick 6 returned $2,460 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.
The sequence kicked off in Race 4 – a one-mile inner turf maiden special weight for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward – when the Irad Ortiz, Jr.-piloted Notinamillionyears [No. 6, $6.70*] rallied to victory trainer Chad Brown.
Trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. saddled Bold Victory [No. 9, $6.50] to victory in a $12,500 claimer for 3-year-olds and upward going a one-turn mile [Race 5] under jockey Maddy Olver.
In Race 6 – a six-furlong outer turf allowance for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward – Hall of Famer Javier Castellano piloted Play the Music [No. 8, $13.80] for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse.
Tap It Up [No. 5, $25.40] captured Race 7, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf claiming event for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward for a $30,000 tag. Dylan Davis piloted the Jim Ryerson trainee.
Race 8 – a six-furlong main track allowance optional claimer for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward – saw the Luis Rivera, Jr.-piloted Captainsdaughter [No. 7, $37.80] win for the sixth time for trainer Russell Cash.
With the carryover already guaranteed in Race 9 – a six-furlong state-bred maiden special weight for 3-years-olds and upward on the outer turf – Okaloosa [No. 10, $10.80] won at third asking for trainer Horacio De Paz with Manny Franco aboard.
Friday’s Pick 6 will kick off in Race 4 at 2:12 p.m. Eastern. First post for the nine-race card is 12:35 p.m.
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