Breaking the Bank: This Week's Top Payouts
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Breaking the Bank - featuring data courtesy of Equibase - highlights the biggest scores of the past week in racing. (Photo by Eclipse Sportswire)
When I open up the table from Equibase each week that provides the foundation of this weekly feature, the first thing I do is scan through for 6- and 7-figure payouts.
This week provided a number of eye-catching scores, and the first two that jumped off the page came at the Oak Tree at Pleasanton meeting. Turns out that both of them did, indeed, produce big returns on investment, but both were misleading in that the payout was reported for a $2 wager rather than the minimum bet of 20 cents.
The Super High 5 - a jackpot bet that produces a carryover if nobody correctly selects the top 5 finishers in order – for Race 8 on June 27 at Pleasanton produced a reported payout of $1,186,327. But with much less than that combined in the betting pool and carryover, it’s clear that the winning ticket paid $118,632.76 for the 20-cent minimum - still a robust score.
The winner of the Super High 5, Warren’s Tyler S., prevailed at 9-to-5 odds but after that things got really difficult. Soul Saver finished second at 29.70-to-1 odds and was followed by Little Prince (11.60-to-1), Willow Creek Willy (22.50-to-1) and Gambling Streak (16.20-to-1).
Another huge reported payout at Oak Tree at Pleasanton came on June 28. The Gold Rush Pick 6, another jackpot wager that follows the model of Gulfstream Park’s Rainbow 6, returned a reported $589,989.20, but with a little more than 10-percent of that combined in the wagering pool and from the carryover we can deduce that the winning ticket was a 20-cent minimum bet that paid $58,989.92.
A couple of keys to the Gold Rush Pick 6 were 13-to-1 Tribal Gal winning Race 8 and even-money favorite An App for Abbie finishing third in Race 9 in a 7-horse field.
Race 10 at Lone Star Park on June 27 produced incredible bang for a bettor’s buck. The $1 trifecta returned $14,118.30 and the 10-cent superfecta paid a whopping $14,614.53 with both bets keyed by 24.90-to-1 victor Fly by Traffic. The longshot winner overhauled 4.20-to-1 Black Locust late to prevail by a neck.
The trifecta payout was spiced up by Offers Are Cheap finishing third at 21.80-to-1 odds. Mertzies Pride, fourth at 48.80-to-1, gave the superfecta a healthy boost.
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Top Payouts for the Week Ended June 29
Wager
Wager Amount
Payoff
Track
Date
Race#
Win
$2.00
$187.60
GP
6/29/14
2
Place
$2.00
$83.40
BOI
6/25/14
11
Show
$2.00
$42.60
BTP
6/29/14
6
Exacta
$1.00
$345.00
FMT
6/27/14
5
Exacta
$2.00
$2,560.00
PRX
6/28/14
1
Quinella
$2.00
$982.00
PRM
6/28/14
3
Trifecta
$0.50
$561.75
AP
6/27/14
6
Trifecta
$1.00
$14,118.30
LS
6/27/14
10
Trifecta
$2.00
$13,726.80
IND
6/24/14
7
Superfecta
$0.10
$14,614.53
LS
6/27/14
10
Superfecta
$0.50
$1,383.15
EMD
6/29/14
4
Superfecta
$1.00
$32,298.50
CBY
6/26/14
5
Superfecta
$2.00
$104,154.20
LAD
6/27/14
9
Daily Double
$1.00
$120.70
CBY
6/29/14
5
Daily Double
$2.00
$2,350.20
LAD
6/27/14
9
Pick 3
$0.50
$1,373.10
EVD
6/28/14
7
Pick 3
$1.00
$5,482.20
PID
6/24/14
7
Pick 3
$2.00
$7,622.00
LAD
6/27/14
3
Pick 4
$0.50
$18,283.45
AP
6/27/14
9
Pick 4
$1.00
$62,539.80
WO
6/29/14
7
Pick 4
$2.00
$31,411.20
CD
6/29/14
10
Pick 5
$0.50
$21,294.95
CD
6/26/14
9
Pick 5
$1.00
$43,854.10
OTP
6/28/14
10
Pick 5
$2.00
$31,914.00
BEL
6/26/14
5
Pick 5 Jackpot
$0.50
$1,325.10
LAD
6/26/14
8
Pick 6
$0.50
$172,347.40
CD
6/29/14
10
Pick 6
$1.00
$5,797.90
AP
6/26/14
9
Pick 6
$2.00
$589,989.20
OTP
6/28/14
10
Pick 6 Jackpot
$0.10
$33,682.10
MTH
6/29/14
12
Pick 6 Jackpot
$0.20
$40,000.00
GP
6/27/14
8
Super High Five
$0.10
$62.63
LS
6/28/14
9
Super High Five
$1.00
$9,560.70
CD
6/29/14
10
Super High Five
$2.00
$1,186,327.60
OTP
6/27/14
8
Closing day, and mandatory payouts, for the Churchill Downs spring/summer meeting on June 29 combined to produce a reported 50-cent Pick 6 payday of $172,347.40. There was, in fact, one winning ticket for the sequence at the 20-cent minimum that returned $68,938.
The sequence featured Races 5-10 and, while it started with a 7-to-10 winner, it closed with an extremely difficult pair of races. Hunting Hill rallied from fourth to win Race 9 at 19.40-to-1 odds and More Than Less closed out the Pick 6 in Race 10 with a win at 19.70-to-1 odds.