DEL MAR, Calif. – Interest from horsemen and bettors from out of state helped fuel the 15-day Del Mar meeting that ended Sunday, as the track showed an increase in daily average handle from last year, largely powered by out-of-state wagering, and many of the significant stakes were won by East Coast-based trainers.

The daily average handle was $10,174,775, an increase of 4.6 percent over last fall. That increase was largely due to a 15.3 percent increase on wagers coming from out of state.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Del Mar’s pick six ended in controversy on Sunday when it was initially announced that only those nailing all six winners would be paid and that no one hitting 5 of 6 would get consolations, something that was not conveyed to fans or media prior to closing day.

There were 44 tickets that had all six winners and paid $15,660.40 each.

There was a carryover of $89,411 entering the day, and since it was closing day, a mandatory payout was in effect. There was $780,563 in fresh money bet into the pick six on Sunday.

Thoroughbred owner Charles Sandford died at his home near Chicago on Friday at age 70 following a battle with cancer.

Sandford purchased his first Thoroughbred in June 2009, seeking a hobby at wife Maribeth’s urging. The couple’s stable rose to national prominence less than three years later when their regally bred Take Charge Indy, a graded-placed juvenile, upset the Florida Derby to earn a spot in the 2012 Kentucky Derby.

DEL MAR, Calif. – No one hit the pick six on Friday at Del Mar, producing a carryover in the general pool, adding to the single-ticket jackpot, and setting up the possibility of a massive mandatory payout on closing day Sunday.

First, though, bettors will take a crack at Saturday’s card, which features a wide-open running of the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby. The general pool carryover entering Saturday is $42,767, while the single-ticket jackpot – which has gone unclaimed for four straight days -- is up to $50,550.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Jockey Flavien Prat, injured when tossed from a horse at the start of the third race on Sunday at Del Mar, was released from the hospital on Monday but has been ordered not to ride until Santa Anita begins Dec. 26 and thus will miss the final week of the Del Mar meeting, his agent, Derek Lawson, said Monday.

“Out of precaution, the doctor doesn’t want him to ride until Santa Anita, so we’re done for Del Mar,” Lawson said.

Del Mar’s meeting has four days remaining, ending Sunday. Prat is currently the leading rider with 11 victories.

Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., has barred trainer Marcus Vitali and his associate, trainer Allan Hunter, from entering horses at the track, while Hunter has removed his horses from Gulfstream Park under orders from that track’s management, officials for both tracks confirmed on Monday.

The decisions, which were first reported by the Paulick Report, stemmed from the recent entry by Vitali of a horse formerly trained by Hunter in a race at Tampa Bay Downs, the officials said.

DEL MAR, Calif. – The single-ticket jackpot carryover in the Del Mar pick six, which must be paid out on closing-day of the meet next Sunday, enters the final four days of the meet at $33,763.71 after multiple tickets had the pick six on Sunday for the second straight day.

A formful afternoon produced 37 winning tickets, each worth $2,018.20.

There was $17,873.77 in the jackpot carryover after racing on Saturday. On Sunday, $138,803 in fresh money was bet on the pick six.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The mutuel field once again was the clear-cut favorite when Pool 1 in the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday evening.

The field, the 24th or “all others” option, was pounded late in the four-day session to close as the 6-5 choice, followed by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Classic Empire at 6-1. Then came Mastery (10-1), Mo Town (12-1), and McCraken (12-1), with all others being 22-1 or higher.

DEL MAR, Calif. – There were 31 winning tickets in the pick six on Saturday at Del Mar, returning $2,690.60 to each winner and producing a carryover of $17,873.77 in the single-ticket jackpot.

The pick six went to a single ticket on Friday, so everything was reset for Saturday.

There was $156,130 bet into the pick six on Saturday. Of that amount – after takeout – 70 percent went to those with 6 of 6, 15 percent went to those with 5 of 6, and the remaining 15 percent was set aside for the single-ticket jackpot.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Four favorites prevailed in the pick-six sequence on Thursday at Del Mar, producing a $4,385.60 payoff for 81 winning tickets and allowing the single-ticket jackpot to grow to $116,092.

Entering Thursday’s races, there was a single-day carryover of $82,246 in the general pool, as well as a three-day carryover of $58,120 in the single-ticket jackpot pool.

A robust $506,402 in fresh money was bet into the pick six on Thursday.