Whitney Day to feature NYRA Bets Late Pick 5 $500k single-ticket payout
by NYRA Press Office
The New York Racing Association, Inc. today announced a special Whitney Day $500,000 single-ticket payout for the NYRA Bets Late Pick 5. Available exclusively to NYRA Bets members across the country, the enhanced payout is triggered if an existing account holder is the sole winner of the NYRA Bets Late Pick 5.
The Whitney Day NYRA Bets Late Pick 5 will start in Race 7, with an approximate post of 4:34 p.m., and conclude in Race 11, the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure.
The 91st running of the Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney will top a blockbuster day of racing featuring five stakes including the Grade 1, $500,000 Longines Test, the Grade 3, $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya, the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure and the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton De La Rose.
All legs of the NYRA Bets Late Pick 5 will air on national tv with a special Whitney Day edition of Saratoga Live to be broadcast on FS2 beginning at 2:30 p.m. NBCSN will then air live coverage of the Longines Test and Whitney beginning at 5 p.m. The Whitney is scheduled to go to post at 5:46 p.m.
The NYRA Bets Late Pick 5 covers the last five races each day at Saratoga and features a low 15 percent takeout rate and $0.50 minimum bet.
NYRA Bets is the best way to play the 2018 summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, which includes 69 stakes worth $18.8 million in purses and runs through Labor Day, Monday, September 3.