By Ryan Martin – NYRA Press Office
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.— Friday’s card at Saratoga Race Course will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $111,629 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s 10-race card.
The $1 Pick 6 returned $1,200 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.
The sequence kicked off in Race 5 – a seven-furlong $20,000 maiden claimer for 3-years-old and upward – when the Kendrick Carmouche piloted Disappearance [No. 10, $9.60] rallied to a three-length score for trainer Robert Falcone, Jr.
Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen saddled West Point Thoroughbreds, Pine Racing Stables and Titletown Racing Stables’ Speakinofthedevil [No. 9, $5.60*] to victory in an off-the-turf 5 1/2-furlong $35,000 claimer for 3-year-olds and upward in Race 6. Irad Ortiz, Jr. piloted the Daredevil gelding.
Arnmore Thoroughbreds and Even Keel Thoroughbreds’ Gala Brand [No. 1, $7.80], trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and ridden by Jose Ortiz, defeated males in the featured Race 7 – the Grade 3, $175,000 With Anticipation for juveniles going 1 1/16 over the inner turf.
Trainer Derek Ryan saddled the Javier Castellano-piloted Cicciobello [No. 3, $6.40] to victory in Race 8 – a one-mile allowance tilt for New York-breds 3-years-old and upward over the main track.
In Race 9 – a seven-furlong starter allowance for 3-year-olds and upward over the main track – the Jamie Begg-trained Locke and Key [No. 8, $36.40] sprung a massive upset with Ricardo Santana, Jr. in the irons.
With four horses covered in Race 10 – a $35,000 claimer for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward going 1 1/16 miles over the inner turf – the Jimmy Ferraro-trained and co-owned More Mango [No. 3, $90.50] picked up a third lifetime win. Jaime Torres was aboard for the 44-1 score.
Friday’s Pick 6 will kick off in Race 5 at 3:26 p.m. Eastern. First post for the 10-race card is 1:10 p.m.
