A California and Del Mar record Pick Six payoff was set Aug. 1 when a single ticket containing all six winners, held mostly by Desperado Stables owner Scott Guenther, was worth $2,100,117.
With a two-day carryover of $717,343 and $2,490,228 wagered Sunday, there was a total Pick Six pool of $3,207,571.
Winning Pick Six horses, all non-favorites for races four through nine, were Gent, $11; Smokette, $17.60; Short Route, $106.20; Ya Lajwaad, $15.40; Choctaw Nation, $14.60, and Golden Souvenir, $8.20.
The winning ticket was purchased on track at Del Mar for $1,176.
Major shareholder in the successful ticket was owner Guenther, who races under the nom de course of Desperado Stables, a partner in the ownership of 2003 Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Buddy Gil, trained by Jeff Mullins.
Guenther said it was "pretty bold and daring to single" Golden Souvenir, trained by Mullins, in the last race. But he said including Short Route, the 52-1 shot who won the sixth race, was "pretty easy."
"I own a piece of Mud Route (the winner's sire), but that's not the reason," he said. "I didn't do it out of emotion. He's getting really precocious young runners. And I think the horse is out of a Phone Trick mare, and I just saw Mud Route over Phone Trick and since it was a short race, I figured speed and precocity, so I said I gotta' include the horse."
Guenther had 80% of the ticket. Three partners split the other 20%.
It was a nice day for Mullins as well. He sent out Choctaw Nation to upset odds-on favorite Pleasantly Perfect in the San Diego Handicap (gr. II) and also won the ninth and final race today with Golden Souvenir, owned by Golden Eagle Farm.
The Pick Six payoff eclipsed that of $1,528,818.60 paid out last year on the same calendar day – Aug. 1, 2003. That was the previous state record as well.
The national record for a Pick Six payoff is $3,068,138.60. It was accomplished at Gulfstream Park on Nov. 6, 1999 in the Breeders' Cup Ultra Pick Six.
The Blood-Horse
With a two-day carryover of $717,343 and $2,490,228 wagered Sunday, there was a total Pick Six pool of $3,207,571.
Winning Pick Six horses, all non-favorites for races four through nine, were Gent, $11; Smokette, $17.60; Short Route, $106.20; Ya Lajwaad, $15.40; Choctaw Nation, $14.60, and Golden Souvenir, $8.20.
The winning ticket was purchased on track at Del Mar for $1,176.
Major shareholder in the successful ticket was owner Guenther, who races under the nom de course of Desperado Stables, a partner in the ownership of 2003 Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Buddy Gil, trained by Jeff Mullins.
Guenther said it was "pretty bold and daring to single" Golden Souvenir, trained by Mullins, in the last race. But he said including Short Route, the 52-1 shot who won the sixth race, was "pretty easy."
"I own a piece of Mud Route (the winner's sire), but that's not the reason," he said. "I didn't do it out of emotion. He's getting really precocious young runners. And I think the horse is out of a Phone Trick mare, and I just saw Mud Route over Phone Trick and since it was a short race, I figured speed and precocity, so I said I gotta' include the horse."
Guenther had 80% of the ticket. Three partners split the other 20%.
It was a nice day for Mullins as well. He sent out Choctaw Nation to upset odds-on favorite Pleasantly Perfect in the San Diego Handicap (gr. II) and also won the ninth and final race today with Golden Souvenir, owned by Golden Eagle Farm.
The Pick Six payoff eclipsed that of $1,528,818.60 paid out last year on the same calendar day – Aug. 1, 2003. That was the previous state record as well.
The national record for a Pick Six payoff is $3,068,138.60. It was accomplished at Gulfstream Park on Nov. 6, 1999 in the Breeders' Cup Ultra Pick Six.
The Blood-Horse
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> think the horse is out of a Phone Trick mare <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
A little breeding history, Phone Trick-sired middle-distance stars include Mazel Trick and Semoran. Also Phone Trick has sired more than 45 stakes winners. He is the sire of two champions, both 2-year-olds and both winners of a Breeders’ Cup race: Favorite Trick, who was also Horse of the Year in 1997, and Phone Chatter, the larger-than-life filly who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on her way to a championship in 1993. Nice hunch handicapping.
wil.
A little breeding history, Phone Trick-sired middle-distance stars include Mazel Trick and Semoran. Also Phone Trick has sired more than 45 stakes winners. He is the sire of two champions, both 2-year-olds and both winners of a Breeders’ Cup race: Favorite Trick, who was also Horse of the Year in 1997, and Phone Chatter, the larger-than-life filly who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on her way to a championship in 1993. Nice hunch handicapping.
wil.
