Mandatory payout of Empire 6 set for Sunday, August 9

by Keith McCalmont

The Sunday, August 9 card at Saratoga Race Course will feature a mandatory payout of the Empire 6, which boasts a jackpot of $1,393,463 heading into the 10-race card at the Spa.

Live coverage of all the races in the sequence will be available with Saratoga Live on FOX Sports and MSG+. Free Equibase-provided past performances will be available for races that are part of the Saratoga Live broadcast and can be accessed at https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/tv-schedule.

Sunday’s Empire 6 sequence kicks off in Race 5 at 3:28 p.m. Eastern with a maiden special weight at 1 1/16-miles on the inner turf for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward. The field of nine includes L’Indiscret, trained by Runhappy Travers-winning conditioner Barclay Tagg, who is listed at 4-1 on the morning-line as she tries to breakthrough in her third career start.

In Race 6 [4:07 p.m.], a field of 10 filly and mare sprinters battle over 6 ½-furlongs on the main track with Timely Tradition, trained by Ray Handal, looking to extend her three-race winning streak.

The third race of the sequence [Race 7, 4:43 p.m.] is a vexing maiden claiming sprint on the Mellon turf featuring a field of 10 fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward. In Race 8 [5:17 p.m.], a classy field of nine turf routers will contest nine furlongs on the inner turf, featuring the graded-stakes placed Our Country and Shamrocket for leading trainer Christophe Clement.

In the penultimate leg [Race 9, 5:50 p.m. Eastern], Bodexpress will look to break through against stakes company in the $85,000 Alydar at nine furlongs on the main track. Endorsed, trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, will look for his first stakes win and is listed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite.

A field of 10 maiden claiming sprinters will line up to conclude the Empire 6 in Race 10 at 6:22 p.m. with Brunate, trained by H. James Bond, listed at 5-2 as he looks to break through in his eighth career start.

The Empire 6 requires the bettor to select the first-place finisher of the final six races of the card. On non-mandatory payout days, if one unique ticket exists, then 100 percent of the net pool, plus the jackpot carryover if applicable, will be paid to the winner. If there is no unique wager selecting the first-place finisher in all six races, then 75 percent of the day's net pool will be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races. The remainder will be added into the jackpot and carried to the next day's Empire 6.

For more information on the Empire 6, please visit http://www.nyrabets.com.