Miami Valley Raceway announced on Wednesday (March 2) that it has joined forces with the United States Trotting Association and has become part of the popular Strategic Wagering Platform, which jointly guarantees pool sizes on specific selected exotic wagers at many of the top harness tracks in America.
Miami Valley's initial Strategic Wagering offering will be a 'Lucky Pick 5' wager on Friday night (March 4) with a $10,000 guaranteed pool. The wager, which features an industry low 12 percent takeout rate and a 50 percent consolation payoff when no winning ticket is sold, has gone unsolved for eight programs and currently has a $4,008 carryover into the pot before wagering opens on Friday's $10,000 guaranteed pool session.
The Lucky Pick 5 is comprised of races eight through 12 on the 14-race program. The races include two top-level conditioned paces for mares, a top conditioned trot, a $20,000 mares claiming pace and concludes with a $20,000 full field Mares Open Pace.
Free past performance pages for the Miami Valley Lucky Pick 5 can be downloaded by visiting the Strategic Wagering listing near the bottom of the USTA website home page.
Post time at Miami Valley on Friday is 6:05 p.m.
(With files from Miami Valley Raceway)