$62,206 Jackpot 6 carryover adds spice
By Mark
Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
Saturday night will find a $62,206
carryover in the 10-cent Jackpot 6, which means one lucky person could walk
away with an awfully sweet payoff.
The Jackpot 6 is one of four wagers on
the program that come with a reduced 16% takeout rate. The others are the Hi-5,
which like the Jackpot 6 is a 10-cent minimum bet; the 50-cent Pick 5 and the
20-cent Pick 4, which has a $25,000-guaranteed pool.
Taking a closer look at the Jackpot 6,
the wager finds 70% of the net pool paying out to tickets with the most
winners, with 30% of the net pool designated for the carryover.
If there is one unique ticket selecting
six winners, the entire pool and the carryover is paid to the holder of that
ticket. If that should happen Saturday night, they would receive the entire net
pool and a $62,206 bonus.
With the 10-cent minimum, putting
together healthy-sized tickets without spending a lot of money makes the
Jackpot 6 even more attractive. Jump right in, the pool is going to be fine.
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The trotters and pacer will be in action
on Saturday and Sunday this week, as well as next week on March 28 and 29.
The first week of April will find one
week of Friday and Saturday night racing, April 3 and 4, with no racing on
Easter Sunday. The schedule will revert back to Saturday and Sunday beginning
with the second week in April.
Franky Provolone, Fort Valley As head feature
Franky Provolone and Fort Valley As, who
chased home division kingpins El Azteca and Its Not Over last week, get the top
billing in Saturday night’s featured Open II Trot at Cal Expo.
A 13-race program is on tap Saturday
evening under the Watch and Wager LLC banner and first post is set for 6:10
p.m. The main event will go as the third race on the card.
Franky Provolone is an 8-year-old son of
Armbro Scribe out of the Donerail mare Simply Royal who is owned by Robin
Clements, is conditioned by Vickie Desomer and will have Tim Maier at the
controls.
The hard-hitting sidewheeler comes into
this assignment with $160,000 in earnings and a 1:55 4/5 career standard that
was established last season at Running Aces. Franky Provolone suits up this
weekend off three straight strong efforts and is a real nice fit under these
conditions.
The Clements colorbearer picked up his
first snapshot of the year when he took the measure of a conditioned group on
February 28, then came back the following week with a solid runner-up finish at
this Open II level. Up to the top rank for his most recent try, Franky Provolone
was a good third behind the two big trotters on the grounds.
Fort Valley As looms large in this field after
finishing fourth in that El Azteca affair last week in what was his first start
since November. The 7-year-old Tom Ridge offspring races for Jennifer Sabot and
trainer Gene Vallandingham.
An earner of nearly $490,000, Fort
Valley As has a 1:55 career standard and figures to take a nice step forward
off last week’s fourth-place finish. No matter how things shake out early, he
should be right in the thick of it with that last mile under his belt.
Completing the field are Franks Best, Winsom Kelly, Jimmy Shin and Vari
Forgetful.
