ARCADIA, Calif. – The racing week at Santa Anita begins Friday with a carryover of $71,789 in the $2 pick six.
The bet proved too difficult to hit Sunday after upset wins by Wink And a Nod ($93) in the seventh race and Simplexity ($13.80) in the ninth and final race.
There were two horses covered in the pick six in Sunday’s ninth race. Mega Moon, who finished second, would have resulted in a pick six payout had he won the turf sprint.
The pool of new money in the pick six on Friday may exceed $500,000.
The pick six sequence covers the fourth through ninth races on a program that begins at 1 p.m. Pacific.
The pick six races include three races on dirt and three on turf. The fourth race is a $32,000 claimer for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs, followed by a $50,000 claimer for maiden fillies and mares at six furlongs on turf.
The final four races are around two turns, beginning with an $8,000 claimer for maidens at a mile that drew nine. There are nine entrants in the seventh race, an allowance race at 1 1/4 miles on turf.
The final two races are an allowance race at a mile and a maiden race for California-bred maiden fillies and mares at a mile on turf.
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