Black-Eyed Susan Day to Offer Three $250k Guaranteed Pools

The Maryland Jockey Club will offer bettors two special 50-cent Pick 4s and a 50-cent Pick 5 each with guaranteed pools of $250,000 during Friday’s 14-race Black-Eyed Susan program at Pimlico Race Course.

The first $250,000 guaranteed Pick 4 pool will be on races 8 through 11. The Pick 4 will kick off with the $150,000 Adena Springs Miss Preakness (G3) followed by the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint, $150,000 DuPont Distaff Stakes (G3) and $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2).

The second $250,000 guaranteed Pick 4 pool will start with the Black-Eyed Susan. The remainder of that Pick 4 will be the $100,000 Skipat, a five furlong turf for fillies and mares that drew 13 entries, and the $300,000 The Sagamore Racing Pimlico Special (G3).

The $250,000 guaranteed Pick 5 pool will be on races 7 through 11 and will begin with a 1 1/16-mile turf allowance that drew a field of 17, including three also eligibles. The Rainbow 6 will begin with race 6, a six-furlong allowance for 3-year-olds.

Bettors will also be able to play the Black-Eyed Susan and Preakness Stakes daily double. Advance wagering on all Preakness Day races will also be available beginning Friday.

Bettors on Black-Eyed Susan Day will have rolling Pick 3s and daily doubles, two other Pick 4s, the 10-cent Rainbow 6 and the 50-cent Pick 5 along with win, place and show, exacta, trifecta and superfectas on every race.

Gates open Friday at 9:30 a.m. First race post is noon.

Source: Maryland Jockey Club