A track record double-carryover of better than $16,000 fueled the largest single night Pick 4 pool in track history of over $55,000 last Saturday (Aug. 26) at the Red Mile, as a combination of 8-1, 6-1, 3-5, and 3-2 winners producing a healthy one-dollar return of $1,081.70.

It took exactly one night for the wager to elude patrons once again.

In what could have been an omen of things to come, Gone Again (Tyler Smith) jumpstarted the Pick 4 sequence on Sunday (Aug. 27) at odds of 23-1. By the end of the sequence there were no winning tickets, thus leaving a $4,055 carryover heading into Thursday (Aug. 31) night. Track officials, in conjunction with the USTA’s Strategic Wagering Program, have added an ‘instant guarantee’ of $15,000 to Thursday night’s total pool.

The Pick 4 is a nightly wager offering one a one-dollar minimum, covering Races 7 – 10. Thursday night’s sequence features four full fields of overnight pacers, with three-year old KYSS pacers and trotters highlighted earlier on the card in their final appearance before the $175,000 finals to be held on September 17. First post is 7 p.m.

(Red Mile)