Jackpot 6, Pick 4 offer enticing opportunities
By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
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$24,192 carryover in the Jackpot 6 and a $30,000-guaranteed gross pool for the
Pick 4 are among the wagering highlights on Friday’s program at Cal Expo.
The
Jackpot 6 and the Pick 4 are both offered with a reduced 16% takeout rate,
along with the Pick 5 and the Hi-5. The Jackpot 6 and Hi-5 are 10-cent wagers;
the Pick 5 is a 50-cent bet and the Pick 4 comes with a $30,000 guaranteed pool
and can be purchased in 20-cent increments.
Going
into Friday’s program, the carryover on the Jackpot 6 stands at just shy of
$25,000. The 10-cent minimum wager pays out 70% of the net pool to the tickets
with the most winners, with the remaining 30% designated for the carryover on
those nights.
When
there is only one unique winning ticket selecting on all six winners, the
entire net pool for that night and the carryover is paid to the holder of that
ticket.
There was a mandatory payout when the last
meet completed on December 21, with a carryover of $22,655 going into that
program. A total of $45,33 was wagered that evening and the payout was $2,106
for each 10-cent ticket.
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Racing
will be conducted this week on Friday and Saturday nights, with no racing on
Super Bowl Sunday, February 1. Next week, there will be Saturday and Sunday
night programs, February 7 and 8.
Following
that, there will be back-to-back three-night weeks with cards on Friday through
Sunday, February 13, 14, 15; and Friday through Sunday, February 20, 21, 22.
Open Trot, Distaff Pace, Sire Stakes set
An
Open Trot headed by El Azteca and Its Not Over; a Distaff Open Pace and a trio
of $10,000 California Sire Stakes are on tap Friday night at Cal Expo. First
post for the 14-race card is 6:10 p.m.
Looking at the 4-year-old Sire Stakes Trot, Placer, Ahh Panama and Bank Of Lodi are the major players after finishing in that order in the most recent stakes clash for this division two weeks ago.
Placer
is a homebred son of Panama Hanover out of the Website mare Charlotte’s Web who
races for Desomer Stables Inc. with Vickie Desomer the conditioner and husband
Steve in the sulky. He prevailed by a neck over Ahh Panama in that last
added-money clash on January, adding another trophy to his display case.
Ahh
Panama is a daughter of Panama Hanover who races for Hank Wieseneck, Marty
Garey and Bob Johnson with Johnson training and Steve Wiseman doing the honors.
A stakes victress last season, she is looking for some revenge after just
missing in that stakes two weeks ago.
Bank Of Lodi has been a stakes winner at 3 and 4 for
his owner/breeders Mary Harris and Pierre Girard, with Girard training and Luke
Plano in his usual spot in the bike. The New Age Hanover mare accounted for the
December 14 stakes clash in coast-to-coast fashion, and then carved out the
fractions in that last stakes get-together and was no match for Placer and Ahh
Panama in the stretch.
The
3-year-old pacing filly stakes will be a rematch between Avila Beach and Smash,
who were one-two in the initial big-money affair this division, while the Sire
Stakes for the 3-year-old trotters goes as a non-betting affair prior to the
regular program.
The Open Trot is set as the third
race on the evening and should provide another great battle between El Azteca
and Its Not Over, who have dominated things at the head of the class during
this meeting. James Kennedy guides the former for owner/breeder/trainer Marco
Rios, while Chip Lackey will be in his usual spot behind Its Not Over for
trainer Bob Johnson.
