NYRA will seed Saturday’s late Pick 5 with additional $100K

The New York Racing Association will offer a late Pick 5 pool seeded with $100,000 Saturday at Saratoga.

The additional money offered in Saturday’s late Pick 5 pool is to honor NYRA’s commitment to horseplayers after extenuating circumstances on Sunday’s card that saw three races taken off the turf late in the day, which disrupted a number of multi-race wagers.

Featuring a 15 percent takeout rate and 50-cent minimum, the late Pick 5 is open to retail customers only and offered on every live race day at NYRA tracks. The multi-race wager, which covers the last five races of the card, features a carryover provision of 100 percent of the net pool into the next day's late Pick 5 if there are no winning tickets.

The seeded funds do not affect the NYRA Bets $1 million late Pick 5 bonus, which is available exclusively to NYRA Bets customers on every Saturday and Sunday during the 2023 Saratoga summer meet.

Saturday’s late Pick 5 will kick off in race 7 at 4:30 p.m. EDT with the Galway and includes the Grade 2 Saratoga Special in Race 8 and the Fourstardave Handicap (G1), which offers a win-and-you’re-in berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile, in Rrace 9. First post on Saturday’s 11-race card is 1:10 p.m. EDT.