The Pick 6 carryover of $44,200 will be transferred to the Thursday, June 6 program at Saratoga Race Course after a pair of races included in the multi-race wager were taken off the turf on Monday's card.
Following the conclusion of Race 4–the opening leg of the Pick 6 wager–and a weather delay which included significant rainfall, the New York Racing Association, Inc. took Race 6 and Race 7 off-the-turf.
A total of $230,327 in new money was wagered into Monday's Pick 6 pool at a carryover takeout rate of 24%. Given United Tote is unable to change the takeout rate in the tote system after the wager begins, NYRA has added a total of $21,000 in seed money to the pool which brings the wager down to a takeout rate of 14.88%, which is below the customary non-carryover Pick 6 takeout rate of 15%.
In accordance with New York State Gaming Commission Rule 4011.26 regarding Pick 6 pools and surface transfers, the Pick 6 carryover will now transfer to the next available card which will occur June 6 on Opening Day of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival:
According to the rules, “If there are two or three surface transfer races in the pick-six sequence, no carryovers from prior pick-six pools, advertised guaranteed amount or advertised added amounts will be distributed to winners in such day's pick-six pool, and 75% of such program's net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to holders of wagers selecting the winners of all non-surface transfer races in the pick-six sequence, and 25% of such program's net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to holders of wagers selecting the next most winners; should no wager include the winners of all the non-surface-transfer races in the pick-six sequence, 25% of such net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to the holders of wagers selecting the most winners of the non-surface-transfer races in the pick-six sequence, and 75% of such program's net pool shall be carried over as elsewhere provided in this section for subsequent distribution.”
Entries for the Thursday, June 6 program will be taken Friday, May 31.
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