Back-to-back $100-plus winners helped trigger a carryover in the Pick Five at the Meadowlands on a long shot’s delight Thursday.

The $25,497 carryover will be up for grabs on Friday’s program. The Pick Five covers the first five races of the night. It carries a 50-cent base wager and a low 15-percent takeout rate that should almost be eliminated with the carryover.

The last time there was a Pick Five carryover was December 22, 2016. The $25,874 carryover attracted $212,276 in new money. The winning sequence then returned nearly $18,000.

Tony Beltrami kicked off the longshot parade in the GSY Club race when Scirocco Jakob paid $112.60. In the next race, Tom Merton put Mr Julian on the front end and never looked back, scoring at $117.80. Kyle Husted ensured the carryover in race five when he steered $66.00 winner Wegottatruckyea to win. Husted won three races Thursday, more than doubling his season win total.

The early pick four that included three of those big payoffs returned $30,687.95 to one lucky horseplayer in Las Vegas.

Jim Marohn, Jr. swept the late double to increase his narrow lead over Brett Miller in the 2017 leading driver race.

Live racing resumes Friday with an 11-race card. Post time is 7:15 p.m.

(Meadowlands)