OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the Empire 6 wager will continue to offer a daily mandatory payout in April at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Featuring a $0.20 bet minimum and 20 percent takeout, the Empire 6 wager requires bettors to select the first-place finisher of the final six races of the card. The full pool, minus takeout, will be distributed to bettors who select the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races on the card.
In January, NYRA established a daily mandatory payout of the Empire 6 at Aqueduct as part of a pilot program in response to horseplayer interest in wagers that reward the daily player with the opportunity for impressive payouts.
The Empire 6 was launched in August 2019 with a jackpot provision in which the full pool would be paid out only to a single ticket selecting the first-place finisher in all six races, otherwise 75 percent of the day’s net pool would be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races with the remainder added into a jackpot and carried to the next day’s Empire 6.
The Big A winter meet concludes on Sunday, March 28. The 11-day Aqueduct spring meet will run Thursday, April 1 through Sunday, April 18 with live racing offered on a Thursday to Sunday schedule. The spring meet will include 13 stakes worth $2.7 million in purses highlighted by the 96th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino on Saturday, April 3.
For more information, please visit NYRABets.com.
Aqueduct spring meet Week 1 probables
Friday, April 2
Grade 3, $150,000 Distaff
Probable: Honor Way (Charlton Baker), Kansas Kis (Ray Handal), Paris Lights (Bill Mott), Portal Creek (Juan Carlos Guerrero)
Possible: Lady Kate (Eddie Kenneally)
Saturday, April 3
Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino
Probable: Brooklyn Strong (Daniel Velazquez), Candy Man Rocket (Bill Mott), Capo Kane (Harold Wyner), Dynamic One (Todd Pletcher), Market Maven (Penny Pearce), Nicky the Vest (Jonathan Thomas), Prevalence (Brendan Walsh), Risk Taking (Chad Brown), Weyburn (Jimmy Jerkens)
Grade 1, $300,000 Carter Handicap
Probable: Chateau (Rob Atras), Mind Control (Gregg Sacco), Mischevious Alex (Saffie Joseph, Jr.), Shoplifted (Steve Asmussen), Souper Stonehenge (Mark Casse), Wendell Fong (Natalia Lynch)
Grade 3, $250,000 Gazelle
Probable: Army Wife (Mike Maker), Hybrid Eclipse (Linda Rice), Maracuja (Rob Atras), Search Results (Chad Brown), The Grass Is Blue (Chad Brown)
Possible: Alwayz Late (Bill Mott), Dollar Mountain (George Weaver), Mia Martina (Graham Motion), Zaajel (Todd Pletcher)
Grade 3, $200,000 Bay Shore
Probable: Beren (Robert Reid, Jr.), Drain the Clock (Saffie Joseph, Jr.), Freedom Fighter (Bob Baffert), Whiskey Double (Steve Asmussen)
Grade 3, $150,000 Excelsior
Probable: Backsideofthemoon (Robert Klesaris), Forewarned (Uriah St. Lewis), Grumps Little Tots (Rob Atras), Haikal (Todd Pletcher), Limonite (Amira Chichakly), Modernist (Bill Mott), Mr. Buff (John Kimmel), Tintoretto (Tom Albertrani)
Possible: Doubly Blessed (Mike Maker)
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