A rare double-carryover for Yonkers Raceway’s Pick 5 makes Monday night’s wager is as enticing as any around.
After no one took home Saturday night’s grand prize, the ensuing carryover of $16,174.33 means the “traditional” $10,000 guaranteed Monday pool now swells to two and a half times that...or a cool $25,000.
The Pick 5 is a 50-cent base wager offered on races five through nine nightly. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case both Friday and Saturday), the entire pool (minus takeout) hopscotches to the next racing program.
The Pick 5 offers that $10,000 guaranteed pool every Monday and Tuesday (in conjunction with the US Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program), with program pages for the “guarantee” days available for perusal at yonkersraceway.com. (Please note the fifth race says “$10,000 guaranteed pool,” as the program was finalized before the “double carryover.” However, it is indeed $25,000).
The Raceway's five-night-per-week live schedule continues, with first post every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:10 p.m. Evening simulcasting accompanies all live programs, with afternoon simulcasting now available daily.
(Yonkers Raceway)