Starting Friday, Feb. 3, the Meadowlands Pick 5 will have a $20,000 guaranteed pool on all racing nights. A 50-cent base wager, the Pick 5 starts in Race 1.
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the Meadowlands Pick 5 handled a record $96,962 helped largely by a $16,400 carryover heading into the card. The average 50-cent payout has been $1,717 so far in 2012 and there have been two carryovers through the first 11 race cards.
Also, a reminder that nominations close Feb. 1 for the Rags to Riches Series. The new series for claiming horses kicks off Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Meadowlands.
The conditions call for 3 year olds and up who have started for a base claiming price of $10,000 or less once in their last four starts up to and including Jan. 20, 2012. A nomination fee of $550 for the Rags To Riches is due by Wednesday, Feb. 1. There is a $550 entry fee for the first leg only.
The series will be raced in a bracket format, with the top finishers from the first leg moving on to the next leg and the top 10 reaching the $100,000 estimated final on Saturday, March 10. Purses for the three scheduled legs are $10,000, $12,500 and $15,000. There is no claiming during the series.
