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Friday, February 22, 2013

M1 - Huge Pick 4 Pool Headlines Thursday at The Meadowlands

A pair of monster payouts early in the card triggered a Pick 4 carryover.  Race 4 saw Jailhouse Rockie squeeze through to score at 60-1 which was immediately followed by Joyful Years winning at 70-1.

With the addition of the Early Pick 4 pool comes the potential for a carryover into the Late Pick 4 pool.  For the second time in as many nights, that was the case.  A carryover of $38,437 sparked a rush to the betting windows that resulted in $140,077 bet into the carryover.  The Late Pick 4 returned $625.60 for a $1 payout.

Tim Tetrick, Dave Miller and Yannick Gingras all scored driving doubles and young Joe Bongiorno teamed up with the ageless Image Of Dawn to a romp in the finale.

Wagering was positive once again as the overall handle has been up each racing day from 2012.  The $1,941,663 was an increase of just under 10 percent from the same day in 2012.  Racing resumes Friday night with first post time at 7:15 P.M.