Longshots force carryovers in pick five and pick six for Friday

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - A day of inscrutable results at Aqueduct on Thursday led to carryovers in the late pick-5 and the pick-6 for Friday.

The carryover in the late pick-5 is $172,117. The pick-6 carryover is $25,215. There are 10 races Friday, so the late pick-5 starts in race 6 (2:16 p.m. Eastern). The late pick-5 is a 50-cent minimum wager. The pick-6 begins on race 5 (1:46) and is a $1 minimum wager.

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Both sequences on Thursday included Alarm Clock ($93.50) and Idaka ($71), the longest shots in those respective fields. The pick-6 carryover was assured before Thursday’s finale was run. However, there were only four horses in the finale that would have triggered a late pick-5 carryover, including Playingwithmatches ($37.60), who held off a run from co-favorite Makar for the upset.

In the pick-6, the consolation payoff of $646.50 was paid to those who selected four winners in the sequence.

On Friday, both sequences have two races scheduled for the turf. There was no turf racing at Aqueduct on Thursday, owing to rain earlier in the week.

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