Pimlico Offers Wagering Smorgasbord For Black-Eyed Susan, Preakness Programs Sponsored by:
th running of the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) and Saturday s 146
th Preakness Stakes (G1), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
Preakness Weekend – the richest and most visible on the Maryland racing calendar which this year features 16 stakes, 10 graded, worth $3.25 million in purses over the two-day span – returns to its traditional spot in mid-May after being pushed back to early October 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, the latest in its history.
Black-Eyed Susan Day gets under way at 11:30 a.m. and will have six stakes, four graded, worth $1 million in purses anchored by the prestigious 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies that has produced seven Hall of Famers and four other divisional champions including one Preakness winner (Nellie Morse, 1924) since first run as the Pimlico Oaks in 1919.
San Domino A and Marloe Hanover proved victorious in Sunday afternoon s (May 9) co-featured $16,200 pacing events at Harrah s Philadelphia.
In the week s top event for pacing males, San Domino A and driver George Napolitano Jr. angled out of the pocket to challenge pacesetter Pyro at the end of a :27.1 first quarter, but ultimately were forced back into the pocket with a lap to go. The eight-year-old Somebeachsomewhere gelding was boxed up the backstretch in pursuit of a :26.4 third sectional, but reached through the open stretch to prevail by a nose over Pyro in 1:50.4. Carlisimo rallied off cover for third, two lengths back.
Macadoodledoo followed live cover into the final turn, then brushed wide through the lane to capture the $16,000 Open Handicap Pace at The Meadows on Saturday (May 8) his second straight victory.
When Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. moved Macadoodledoo behind the first-over Wild Wild Western, the 6-year-old Somebeachsomewhere-Pirouette Hanover took full advantage of the cover trip, roaring past Wild Wild Western late and defeating him by 2-1/4 lengths in 1:51. Whos Better finished third.
Ron Burke trains the winner, who extended his career bankroll to $255,574, for Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.
Dave Palone collected three wins on the 13-race card.
Live harness racing at The Meadows resumes Wednesday when the program features a pair of carryovers $2,475.27 in the final-race Super Hi-5, $1,674.89 in the Early Pick 4. First post is 12:45 p.m.
Between The Hedges: Getting A Handle On Handle Sponsored by:
Racing on the turf at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
Horseplayers can wager on as many as 77 different pools during nine-race cards at each of the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) tracks comprising Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.
With so many options, a handicapper must decide on which wagers to focus on, negotiating a delicate balance between risk and reward in search of the best possible payout.
Over time, the betting public has settled on their favorite wagers at NYRA tracks. The most popular wagers at NYRA in 2020 – by average handle per pool – were the Empire 6 mandatory payout days [$2.8 million], the Early Pick 5 [$546K], the retail-only Late Pick 5 [$444K], and the Late Pick 4 [$429K].
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