BY FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers
Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Thursday, March 1,
2017—Mother Nature and Father Pat Berry made Yonkers Raceway’s Thursday (March
1st) Pick 5 a tricky proposition.
The wager, buoyed by a carryover of
$6,118.60, attracted $26,458 of fresh, first-of-the-month investors.
After
new-money takeout, a pool of $25,962 and some change was taken down by one
solitary soul with the winning combination of…
2-Aberdeen Hanover ($8.70)
5-Highvew Conall N ($11.80)
1-Torrid Bromac N ($24)
8-Blow a Cloud N ($33.60)
4-Statham N ($7.10)
Berry drove the longshot third and four winners in the waterlogged sequence.
The return of $25,962.50 for that base half-a-buck wager by far a local
season’s high.
The Pick 5 comprises races 6 through 10
for 10-race cards such as Thursday’s, though ordinarily it’s races 7 through
11. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners
(as was the case Tuesday night, leading to the carryover), the entire pool
(minus takeout) moves to the next racing program.
