With many of the track’s A-list drivers out of town Saturday (June 14) racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park on their biggest night of the year, The Meadowlands will shift the stronger of its two weekend programs to Friday (June 13) night this week.
A happy coincidence will add some more juice to the squeeze, as the already big card – which features a pair of $225,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals for 3-year-old trotters – will also offer a 20-cent Pick-6 carryover to the multitude of Meadowlands multi-leg players.
Last Saturday (June 7), after Blue Collar Man lit up the board at odds of 53-1 in the 13th race, a 20-cent Pick-6 carryover was the result. A total of $6,630 will be sitting in the pool when the Pick-6 gets underway in race eight Friday night.
Recent history tells us that the action figures to be hot and heavy.
On May 31, a carryover of just over $5,000 led to players pouring almost $35,000 into the pool for a grand total of just under $40,000.
Were $34,000 in new action put in play Friday, that would create a total pool of $40,630, but because the carryover is not subject to the low 15 per cent takeout, there would be $35,530 up for grabs, creating a surplus of $1,530, or a return of 105 per cent, instead of the usual 85.
That’s the kind of opportunity that bettors crave.
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