Magna 5: $150.40 a low for the bet

Favorites dominated Saturday's $2 Magna 5, winning four of the five races in the nationwide bet and producing a payoff of $150.40 to 3,418 ticket-holders.

The winners of the Magna 5 races were Friel's For Real ($3.60) in the Maryland Racing Media Handicap at Laurel, Abby's Not Normal ($6.20) in the fourth race at Santa Anita, Sun King ($3.80) in the 10th at Gulfstream Park, Waki American ($5.60) in the fifth at Santa Anita, and Mr. Pleasentfar ($5.60) in the 11th at Gulfstream Park

All of the winners except for Abby's Not Normal were favored. Abby's Not Normal edged favored Overnightsensation to win a one-mile allowance race on turf.

The return was the lowest payoff in the history of the bet, which began in January 2004 and is offered from January through April. The high payoff this year was $406,985.80 returned to one winning ticket-holder on Jan. 29.

The $2 bet features five races run within an hour at racetracks owned by Magna Entertainment Corp.

Saturday's pool reached $659,864, the second-highest pool of the year and well above the $500,000 guaranteed by Magna.