BY FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers
Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Monday, April 16,
2018—Yonkers Raceway’s Monday evening’s (April 16th) Pick 5 wager
figured to get some extra ganders, and indeed it did.
The gimmick, which carried over from
Saturday (Apr. 14th), started with $7,066.26 of unclaimed coinage.
The $20,000 guaranteed pool (in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting
Association’s Strategic Wagering Program) was easily hurdled when $36,288 of
new investments chimed in.
After new-money takeout, there was a pool
of $34,282.75.
The single winning combination of
4/3/6/6/1 returned that season-high $34,282.75, as one ticket took down the
pool. Legs 1,2 and 5 in the sequence were driven by Joe Bongiorno.
The Pick 5 is a 50-cent base wager
comprising races 7 through 11 every racing program (for cards that have at
least 11 races, otherwise races 6 through 10). It has no consolation
payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Saturday
night), the entire pool (minus takeout) moves to the next racing program.
