Thursday Meadowlands Card Big for Bettors
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (February 3, 2015) – The
best of The Super Bowl are back Thursday night at The Meadowlands. Their
names may not be Brady, Bellichick or Sherman, but the trotters headlining the
Charles Singer Memorial trotting series are high on talent and could be on the
road to even bigger things in the future.
The Singer will be contested in two divisions. The
first features a rematch of The Super Bowl Champion, J L Cruze and his
archrival, Opulent Yankee who chased his nemesis through the stretch of the
Super Bowl Final just two weeks ago. JL Cruze has won three of four
starts since arriving from the mid-atlantic for Eric Ell, including the Super
Bowl and has been installed the 6/5 morning line favorite for his Singer
division. Opulent Yankee, the Super Bowl runner-up and winner of two of
his last three, will begin as the 8/5 second choice. Through the Super
Bowl Final, JL Cruze holds a two to one edge against Opulent Yankee in
head-to-head matchups. The first division goes postward as race two on
the Thursday program, making it a part of the $.50 cent Pick Five. The
average pool of the Meadowlands Pick Five this winter has been at an all time
high, standing at $53,764. The wager has grown in popularity each year
since being implemented and with its average pool at its highest point, with
just a 15-percent takeout, there has never been a better time to take a crack
at The Meadowlands Pick Five.
The second division of the Singer is a bettors delight, with
five of the seven horses established as 9/2 or lower on the morning line. The
tepid 5/2 morning line favorite, Blocking The Way, raced well in The Super Bowl
Final, finishing third while closing willingly in the stretch.
Propulsion, fourth in the Super Bowl is the 3-1 second choice. Recent
winner in 1:55.3, Walk The Walk is in the field as well, as is Donnie Darko who
won his most recent start and Two Hip Dip who was the “buzz” horse going into
The Super Bowl Final. This pari-mutuel puzzler is the anchor leg of the
$.50 cent Early Pick Four, slated as race six on the card. The Early Pick
Four continues to gather momentum as well, with an average pool of just over
$50,000 this winter.
Thursday’s Meadowlands program also features an extremely
competitive $25,000 Dash For The “C” Notes Final for the mare pacers. It
is the most wide open race of the night and starts the $.50 cent Late Pick 4,
which has averaged a robust $70,287 in wagering dollars each night.
Last Thursday, the multi-race exotics not only featured big
pools, but massive payouts as well. The Pick Five returned $2,255, the
Early Pick Four was cashed for $1,520 and the Late Pick Four dividend was a
prodigious $10,841.
In addition to the Pick Five and pair of Pick Four wagers,
which are all offered with a 15-percent takeout, there are also two Jackpot
Super Hi-5 carryovers on Thursday. The fifth race carryover stands at
$7,487, while the last race carryover continues to grow, now reaching $82,699,
its highest total since the wager was implemented. Both Jackpot Super
Hi-5 wagers are offered with a $.20 cent minimum and feature an industry low
eight-percent (8%) takeout rate.
There will be Thursday night racing each Thursday throughout
the month of February, with post time set for 7:15 P.M.
