Double Pick 6 carryover of $219K on Saturday at Belmont Park
by Ryan Martin
Saturday’s card will also feature a Late Pick 5 carryover of $291K
Saturday’s card at Belmont Park will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $219,428 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Friday’s nine-race program. In addition, Saturday’s Late Pick 5 will offer a carryover of $291,108.
The $1 Pick 6 returned $8,858 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.
Friday’s Pick 6 sequence kicked off in Race 4 with Community Adjusted [No. 3, $7.80] capturing a nine-furlong inner turf allowance for trainer Christophe Clement. The Jimmy Ferraro-trained More Mango [No. 2, $52] secured a major upset in Race 5 under a winning hand ride by Gary Richards.
Hall of Famer Javier Castellano piloted GMP Stables and F Bellavia’s Big Q [No. 5, $16.60] to an optional claiming victory for trainer Gary Sciacca in Race 6 before Dylan Davis piloted Bustin Bullet [No. 12, $28.20] to victory in Race 7 for trainer Michael Miceli.
Graded stakes winner Happy Farm [No. 10, $16.20] bested four others to earn his 11th career victory in Race 8, a six-furlong allowance optional claimer over the main track. Flavien Prat piloted the 8-year-old veteran to victory for trainer Antonio Arriaga.
With a Pick 6 carryover already guaranteed in the final leg and six horses uncovered in the Late Pick 5, Edition Farm and Linda C. Conroy’s Shinsun [No. 6, $13.40] captured the finale for trainer Barclay Tagg. Luis Saez rode the son of A Shin Forward to a debut score in the maiden claiming tilt over the Widener turf.
Saturday’s Pick 6 will kick off in Race 5 [2:57 p.m. Eastern], while the late Pick 5 will kick off in Race 6 with the Grade 3, $250,000 Poker at 3:27 p.m. First post for the 10-race card, is 1 p.m.
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