Following huge payoff, this pick five could have two singles

The pick five has become a popular wager at Emerald Downs, and when Freiburg ($36.80) edged Doctor Bruce S. in the nightcap Saturday, it paid a whopping $33,298.95. It was the largest pick five payoff at the meet, and third largest in the track’s history.

With that in mind, here is a look at the pick five for Thursday’s eight-race card. Post time for the first race is 6 p.m. Pacific. The first leg of the sequence is the fourth race, which has a 7:36 p.m. post time.

Buckley Bay could be singled in the featured seventh race, a 6 1/2-furlong dash for 3-year-olds and up running for a top claiming price of $12,500. Trained by Joe Toye, the 7-year-old Washington-bred gelding by Harbor the Gold is going for his third straight win at the meet, and the combined margin of his two victories is 15 3/4 lengths.

In the fourth race, Choteau is another possible single. The 7-year-old daughter of Silver Poet was making her second start for trainer Tim McCanna when she came from a stalking position to win a one-mile $3,500 conditioned claimer on June 26. She could get a similar trip going the same distance while facing a modest group in the $5,000 open claimer that drew eight horses.

It gets a little tougher in the fifth race, a $15,000 maiden claimer for fillies and mares going six furlongs.

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Anatolia is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the nine-horse field, but she will be making her first start since she finished sixth in a $20,000 maiden claimer as the 2-1 favorite in a one-mile race on Dec. 18 at Los Alamitos.

Shady Retreat figures to move forward following a fourth-place finish in her debut in a $25,000 claimer on June 30. Sweet Katie O, second in a $15,000 maiden claimer on June 10, and Lirio Tigrado, third in the same race, are lightly raced and could move forward enough to win what appears to be a wide-open event.

First-time starter Timeless Belle has strong win-early breeding. The 3-year-old filly is by the excellent debut sire Sixthirteen, who is 18 percent with first-time starters, and she is the first foal out of Freedom Belle who won her only start.

Omache Kid did not fire going a mile in a $6,250 claimer on July 3, but he will not mind the cutback in distance and easier company he will be facing while dropping in class for a $3,500 open claimer for 3-year-olds and up in the sixth race. The six-furlong dash drew seven horses.

However, Omache Kid is by no means a cinch, and the all button is probably the way to go in a race where any of them could pop up and win if they bring their best stuff.

Closing out the sequence is a $2,500 claimer for fillies and mares looking for their second lifetime win.

Dame of the West, French Tudor, and Dragon Lady should be enough to get anyone over the top that is still alive.