by Jeff Renton, media/communications, Woodbine Entertainment Group

Toronto, ON — Two big upsets, one historic, at Woodbine on Monday evening has sent the Pick 7 carryover pool for Thursday’s (Feb. 8) card of racing sky high.

On Monday, racing fans could only get six of the seven winners in the Pick 7 at the Toronto oval, setting up a C$150,000 guaranteed payout if someone gets all seven winners on Thursday.

In fact, the pot is likely to get much larger than the guarantee, perhaps topping the C$200,000 mark, if Monday’s C$89,139 Pick 7 handle is any indication.

The carryover heading into Thursday’s card is C$146,839.

On Monday, Vallad rocked the grandstand to get the popular exotic wager started, scoring a C$56.30 upset in the third race (the Pick 7’s first leg). Indian Stage Annie’s C$58.30 shocker in the seventh likely ensured a carryover.

Phil Hudon drove Indian Stage Annie to victory for his 3,000th career driving score.

The six of seven Pick 7 consolation paid C$6,562.55.

The other winners were B Cor Terry (C$4.10) in the fourth, Jatefield (C$5.70) in the fifth, Cordial Martini (C$17.20) in the sixth, Overs Last Promise (C$6.40) in the eighth and Bobby Yankee (C$10.40) in the ninth.

In the Pick 7, bettors must correctly select the winners of races three through nine. If there are no winning tickets, 25% of the net pool is paid out to the ticket holder(s) with the most correct winners, and the balance is carried over to begin the next day’s races.

The all-time highest Pick 7 payout at WEG came at Woodbine on December 10, 2004, when a lucky and sharp handicapper took the entire C$1,017,163.50 pool.