Empire Pick 6 mandatory payout
 

With races taken off of the turf and a lot of scratches in the sequence, the Empire Pick 6 at Saratoga looks to be very hittable with a relatively modest ticket. As a conventional pick 6 it doesn't have much appeal. The only reason to play this sequence is the carryover and mandatory payout. I'm looking at the following ticket:

2,3,4,8 // 4,6,7 // 2,3 // 2,10,12,13 // 1,7 // 2,3,5 ($115.20)

It would be possible to single in both with the #3 in the 7th and with #7 in the 9th with what will be short priced favorites (using a $28.80 budget ticket), but where you are seeking to capture a big carryover, it would be a shame to leave any contender out.

Anyone else looking at this sequence?

Bogey(Gus Alonzo) put this one up over on the selections thread for $96:

2,3,4,5,8/4,6/1,2,3,6/10,12,13/7/2,3,5,9

Pretty similar to yours. Hope both of you hit it.:$:

I think that #9 is a scratch in the finale.

Thought a lot about Shadilee, #5 in the 5th. Finally decided against taking a Todd Pletcher firster in a Maiden Claimer. Just doesn't feel right to me for a horse that he thinks has some ability.

Suspect there will be lots of tickets that look much like these. But, the carryover might be sufficient to still yield a decent return on an obvious array.

Time to get serious with final decisions.

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:o So much for that theory. :o

Is there a 5 out of 6 payout in this mandatory?

there isn't as far as I know.

Am I to logical in thinking the force-out should’ve been next Saturday during Travers day?

I agree, since that should be a huge day anyway so the pot should be larger, but I am not sure I understand how the powers that be determine when the force out will be. Is it just arbitrary or do they do it when the pot reaches a certain point or what? I think some venues do it at the end of their meet, but others don't seem to do it that way.

When NYRA announced the Empire 6, they also declared that there would be 2 mandatory payout days, namely Sunday August 18 and closing day on Monday September 2.

Perhaps they reasoned that having a mandatory payout day would itself greatly increase the handle, so 2 mandatory payout days would be even better. That was evidenced yesterday when at least $2,300,000 of new money was wagered into the pool. That much new money has the effect of dramatically diluting the benefit of the carryover amount, which I believe was $438,000.

I may have to take a shot at it on the next mandatory. $12,500 thereabouts yesterday not the stuff of which dreams are made, but more than decent. I might have tried yesterday, but was busy chopping down a dead cherry tree in my yard and trying not to have it crash down on my head. Had to do the Arkansas version of the Texas two step a couple of times to dodge the falling trunk. Chainsaws and their use make me very nervous.